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III

O God, smash the teeth in their mouths;
    break the fangs of these lions, Lord!(A)
Make them vanish like water flowing away;(B)
    trodden down, let them wither like grass.(C)
Let them dissolve like a snail that oozes away,[a]
    like an untimely birth that never sees the sun.(D)
10 Suddenly, like brambles or thistles,
    have the whirlwind snatch them away.(E)

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  1. 58:9 A snail that oozes away: empty shells suggested to ancients that snails melted away as they left a slimy trail.

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

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(E)
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[a](F)
10 The righteous will be glad(G) when they are avenged,(H)
    when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.(I)

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