[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.

11 And men shall say, [d]Verily there is fruit for the righteous; doubtless there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

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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.
  4. Psalm 58:11 Seeing God governeth all by his providence, he must needs put difference between the godly and the wicked.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(A)
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[a](B)
10 The righteous will be glad(C) when they are avenged,(D)
    when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.(E)
11 Then people will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;(F)
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”(G)

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Footnotes

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