Add parallel Print Page Options

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.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

Read full chapter

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)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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