Let them consume like a snail that melteth, and like the untimely fruit of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

[a]As raw flesh before your pots feel the fire of thorns: so let them carry them away as with a whirlwind in his wrath.

10 The righteous shall [b]rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the [c]blood of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:9 As flesh is taken raw out of the pot before the water seethe: so he desireth God to destroy their enterprises before they bring them to pass.
  2. Psalm 58:10 With a pure affection.
  3. Psalm 58:10 Their punishment and slaughter shall be so great.

May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,(A)
    like a stillborn child(B) that never sees the sun.

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

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Footnotes

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