New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 58:3-9

3The wicked are estranged 1from the womb; These who speak lies 2go astray from 3birth.4They have venom like the 4venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,5So that it 5does not hear the voice of 6 7charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.

6O God, 8shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.7Let them 9flow away like water that runs off; When he 10 11aims his arrows, let them be as 12headless shafts.8Let them be as a snail which 13melts away as it goes along, Like the 14miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.9Before your 15pots can feel the fire of thorns He will 16sweep them away with a whirlwind, the 17green and the burning alike.

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Notes

1. Psalms 58:3 Ps 51:5; Is 48:8 ↩
2. Psalms 58:3 Ps 53:3 ↩
3. Psalms 58:3 Lit the womb ↩
4. Psalms 58:4 Deut 32:33; Ps 140:3 ↩
5. Psalms 58:5 Jer 8:17 ↩
6. Psalms 58:5 Or whisperers ↩
7. Psalms 58:5 Eccl 10:11 ↩
8. Psalms 58:6 Job 4:10; Ps 3:7 ↩
9. Psalms 58:7 Josh 2:11; 7:5; Ps 112:10; Is 13:7; Ezek 21:7 ↩
10. Psalms 58:7 Lit bends ↩
11. Psalms 58:7 Ps 64:3 ↩
12. Psalms 58:7 Lit though they were cut off ↩
13. Psalms 58:8 I.e. secretes slime ↩
14. Psalms 58:8 Job 3:16; Eccl 6:3 ↩
15. Psalms 58:9 Ps 118:12; Eccl 7:6 ↩
16. Psalms 58:9 Job 27:21; Ps 83:15; Prov 10:25 ↩
17. Psalms 58:9 Lit living ↩

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