Let them vanish like water that flows away;
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,
    like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns –
    whether they be green or dry – the wicked will be swept away.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.