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Which hearkeneth not to the voice of [a]charmers,
Charming never so wisely.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth:
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Let them melt away as water that runneth apace:
When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:5 Or, enchanters

that will not heed(A) the tune of the charmer,(B)
    however skillful the enchanter may be.

Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(C)
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(D)
Let them vanish like water that flows away;(E)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(F)

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