“Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.”
— WEB
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“Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.”
— WEB
“Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.”
— KJV
“Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.”
— ASV
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 (Psa 58:6): Break their teeth, O God! Not so much that they might not feed themselves as that they might not be able to make prey of others, Psa 3:7. He does not say, "Break their necks" (no; let them live to repent, slay them not, lest my people forget), but, "Break their teeth, for they are lions, they are young lions, that live by rapine." 2. That they might be disappointed in the plots they had already laid, and might not gain their point: "When he bends his bow, and takes aim to shoot his arrows at the upright in heart, let them be as cut in pieces, Psa 58:7. Let them fall at his feet, and never come near the mark." 3.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)
He prays for their destruction, under the figure of ravenous beasts (Psa 3:7; Psa 7:2).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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