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Let them flow away like water that runs off.
When he bends his bow, let the arrows be cut off.
Like a slug melting away as it slithers,
like a woman’s miscarriage,
may they never see the sun.
10 Even before your pots can feel a thorn
—whether alive or ablaze—
He will sweep the wicked away.

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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.