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Psalms 58:6

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O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

KJV

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

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This verse in Psalms 58

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. If they have no capacity for good, at least deprive them of their ability for evil. Treat them as the snake charmers do their serpents, extract their fangs, break their teeth. The Lord can do this, and he will. He will not suffer the malice of the wicked to triumph, he will deal them such a blow as shall disable them from mischief. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

This site's exposition

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths

on Psalms 58:6-8

David asks God to shatter their teeth and to tear out the fangs of the lions. Verse 7 asks that they vanish and that their arrows be blunted, and verse 8 that they never see the sun. The pictures are running water, a slug, and a stillborn child.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֱֽלֹהִ֗יםO God

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • הֲרָס־break away

    haros-H2040 →43 times

  • שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹteeth their

    shineimovH8127 →55 times

  • בְּפִ֑ימוֹin mouth their

    befimovH6310 →498 times

  • מַלְתְּע֥וֹת[the] teeth of

    malteotH4459 →

  • כְּ֝פִירִ֗יםyoung lions

    kefirimH3715 →32 times

  • נְתֹ֣ץ׀break off

    netotzH5422 →

  • יְהוָֽה׃O Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.13 worksPsalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.8 worksJob 4:10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.5 worksHosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.4 worksProverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.4 worksPsalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.3 worksJob 29:17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.3 worksPsalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.3 worksPsalms 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.3 worksLamentations 3:16He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.3 worksEzekiel 30:21–26“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.2 worksNumbers 23:24Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”2 worksIsaiah 31:4For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.2 worksPsalms 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.2 worksZechariah 9:7I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.2 worksJeremiah 51:38They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.2 worksJob 41:14Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 3:7

    Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

    it leads to

    • Job 29:17

      I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

    • Job 16:10

      They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

    • Psalms 10:12

      Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

    • Psalms 59:5

      O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

  • Through

    Hosea 5:14

    For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 50:22

      Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Micah 5:8

      Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which…

  • Through

    Psalms 10:15

    Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

    it leads to

    • Job 38:15

      Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

    • Psalms 37:17

      For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Where this verse is studied

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 and Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David.

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