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God will sweep away both old and young. He will destroy them more quickly than a cooking pot can feel the blazing fire of thorns beneath it.

10 The godly shall rejoice in the triumph of right;[a] they shall walk the bloodstained fields of slaughtered, wicked men. 11 Then at last everyone will know that good is rewarded, and that there is a God who judges justly here on earth.

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  1. Psalm 58:10 in the triumph of right, literally, “when he sees the vengeance.”

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