Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 58:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.”
Psalms 58:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Their poison {is} like the poison of a serpent: {they are} like the deaf adder {that} stoppeth her ear; {like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc} {adder: or, asp}
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. {charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning}
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Let them melt away as waters {which} run continually: {when} he bendeth {his bow to shoot} his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
As a snail {which} melteth, let {every one of them} pass away: {like} the untimely birth of a woman, {that} they may not see the sun.
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