Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 58:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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.”
Psalms 58:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in {his} wrath. {both...: Heb. as living as wrath}
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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