New King James Version
Psalms 58:6
6Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
Psalms 58:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!
- English Standard Version (ESV)O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Break off their fangs, O God! Smash the jaws of these lions, O Lord!
Context of Psalms 58:6
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear, 5Which will not heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully. Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord! 7Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces. 8Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Read all of Psalms 58Psalms 58:6 word by word
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ בְּפִ֑ימוֹ מַלְתְּע֥וֹת כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים נְתֹ֣ץ׀ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 58:6
- Psalms 3:7Arise, O Lord; Save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
- Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
- Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, The voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
- Job 29:17I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.
- Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
- Psalms 17:12As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Psalms 91:13You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
- Numbers 23:24Look, a people rises like a lioness, And lifts itself up like a lion; It shall not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain.”
- Isaiah 31:4For thus the Lord has spoken to me: “As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the Lord of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill.
- Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
- Micah 5:8And the remnant of Jacob Shall be among the Gentiles, In the midst of many peoples, Like a lion among the beasts of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Who, if he passes through, Both treads down and tears in pieces, And none can deliver.
Commentaries on Psalms 58:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Break their teeth - He still compares Saul, his captains, and his courtiers, to lions; and as a lion's power of doing mischief is greatly lessened if all his teeth be broken, so he prays that God may take away their power and means of pursuing their bloody purpose. But he may probably have the serpents in view of which he speaks in the preceding verse; break their teeth - destroy the fangs of these serpents, in which their poison is contained. This will…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth - The word here rendered “break” means properly “to tear out.” The allusion is to his enemies, represented as wild beasts; and the prayer is, that God would deprive them of the means of doing harm - as wild animals are rendered harmless when their teeth are broken out. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord - The word used here means properly “biters” or “grinders:” Job 29:17; Proverbs 30:14; Joel…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. 6The psalmist calls on God to break the destructive power of the wicked.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. He prays for their destruction, under the figure of ravenous beasts (Psa 3:7; 7:2).Read the comment
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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
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