May they (A)flow away like water that runs off;
When he [a](B)aims his arrows, may they be as [b]headless shafts.
May they be like a snail which goes along in slime,
Like the (C)miscarriage of a woman that never sees the sun.
Before your (D)pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will (E)sweep them away with a whirlwind, the [c]green and the burning alike.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:7 Lit bends
  2. Psalm 58:7 Lit though they were cut off
  3. Psalm 58:9 Lit living

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