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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.
Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away,
Like the untimely birth of a woman, [a]that hath not seen the sun.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:8 Or, like them that have not seen the sun

Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(A)
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(B)
Let them vanish like water that flows away;(C)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(D)
May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,(E)
    like a stillborn child(F) that never sees the sun.

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