Psalms 58:9

Psalms 58:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
• New International Version (NIV)Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.

Context of Psalms 58:9

7May they flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, may they be as headless shafts. 8May they be like a snail which goes along in slime, Like the miscarriage of a woman that never sees the sun. Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. 10The righteous will rejoice when he sees vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11And people will say, “There certainly is a reward for the righteous; There certainly is a God who judges on the earth!”

Psalms 58:9 word by word

בְּטֶ֤רֶם יָבִ֣ינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמוֹ־חַ֥י כְּמוֹ־חָ֝ר֗וֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Beforeטֶ֫רֶםţerem · beforeH2962
• potsסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · potH5518
• can feelבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• thornsאָטָד'âţâd · brambleH329
• sweepשָׂעַרώâ‛ar · to shudderH8175
• them awayשָׂעַרώâ‛ar · to stormH8175
• greenחַיchay · aliveH2416
• and the burningחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• alikeכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644

Cross-references for Psalms 58:9

• Psalms 118:12They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished like a fire of thorn bushes; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.
• Ecclesiastes 7:6For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool; And this too is futility.
• Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
• Psalms 55:23But You, God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Psalms 73:18You indeed put them on slippery ground; You dropped them into ruin.
• Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.
• Job 20:5That the rejoicing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
• Proverbs 1:27When your dread comes like a storm And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
• Proverbs 10:25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked is thrust down by his own wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.
• Isaiah 17:13The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters, But He will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, And be chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind, Or like whirling dust before a gale.
• Isaiah 40:24Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the storm carries them away like stubble.
• Jeremiah 23:19Behold, the storm of the Lord has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
• Numbers 16:30But if the Lord brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them with everything that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have been disrespectful to the Lord.”

Commentaries on Psalms 58:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Before your pots can feel the thorns - Ye shall be destroyed with a sudden destruction. From the time that the fire of God's wrath is kindled about you, it will be but as a moment before ye be entirely consumed by it: so very short will be the time, that it may be likened to the heat of the first blaze of dry thorns under a pot, that has not as yet been able to penetrate the metal, and warm what is contained in it. A whirlwind - Or the suffocating simoon…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Before your pots can feel the thorns - The word “thorns” here - אטד 'âṭâd - refers to what is called “Christ‘s thorn,” the southern buckthorn. “Gesenius.” The fire made of such thorns when dry would be quick and rapid, and water would be soon heated by it. The idea is, that what is here referred to would occur “quickly” - sooner than the most rapid and intense fire could make an impression on a kettle and its contents. The destruction of the wicked…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 David prayed that the enemies of God's church and people might be disabled to do further mischief. We may, in faith, pray against the designs of the enemies of the church. He foretells their ruin. And who knows the power of God's anger? The victories of the Just One, in his own person and that of his servants, over the enemies of man's salvation, produce a joy which springs not from revenge, but from a view of the Divine mercy, justice, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10God’s judgment will come suddenly. The certainty of vindication brings joy to the godly.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. Other figures of this utter ruin; the last denoting rapidity. In a shorter time than pots feel the heat of thorns on fire--Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 58:9

• Death
• Thorn
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Altaschith
• Atad
• Bramble
• Fuel
• Michtam
• Psalms
• Thorn
• Wickedness
• Feeling
• Fire

Commentaries on Psalms 58

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary