Psalms 58:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Psalms 58:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 3:7
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Job 4:10-11
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. …
Psalms 17:12
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Hosea 5:14
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

Topics

Wicked (people)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-11)

In these verses we have, I. David’s prayers against his enemies, and all the enemies of God’s church and people; for it is as such that he looks upon them, so that he was actuated by a public spirit in praying against them, and not by any private revenge. 1. He prays that they might be disabled to do any further mischief (Ps. 58:6): Break their teeth, O God! Not so much that they might not feed th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. He prays for their destruction, under the figure of ravenous beasts (Psa 3:7; 7:2).