Psalms 58 · Verse 7

Psalms 58:7

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Psalms 58:7, King James Version

Psalms 58:7 in other translations

BSB	May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
WEB	Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
ASV	Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
YLT	They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
DARBY	Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:
BBE	Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.
Webster	Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

What does Psalms 58:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. which run continually--literally, "they shall go to themselves," utterly depart, as rapid mountain torrents. he bendeth ... his arrows--prepares it. The term for preparing a bow applied to arrows (Psa 64:3). let them ... pieces--literally, "as if they cut themselves off"--that is, become blunted and of no avail.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 Let them melt away as waters - Let them be minished away like the waters which sometimes run in the desert, but are soon evaporated by the sun, or absorbed by the sand. When he bendeth his bow - When my adversaries aim their envenomed shafts against me, let their arrows not only fall short of the mark, but he broken to pieces in the flight. Some apply this to God. When he bends his bow against them, they shall all be exterminated.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 58:6-11

David prayed that the enemies of God's church and people might be disabled to do further mischief. We may, in faith, pray against the designs of the enemies of the church. He foretells their ruin. And who knows the power of God's anger? The victories of the Just One, in his own person and that of his servants, over the enemies of man's salvation, produce a joy which springs not from revenge, but from a view of the…

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Psalms 58:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִמָּאֲס֣וּyi.ma.'a.Sumay they flowH3988

כְמוֹ\־khe.mov-likeH3644

מַ֭יִםMa.yimwatersH4325

יִתְהַלְּכוּ\־yit.ha.le.khu-[which] they go aboutH1980

לָ֑מוֹla.mo<for> themselves

יִדְרֹ֥ךְyid.Rokhmay he bendH1869

חִ֝צָּ֗יוchi.Tzavarrows hisH2671

כְּמ֣וֹke.MolikeH3644

יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ\׃yit.mo.La.lulet them be cut offH4135

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 58:7

Psalms 112:10
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Joshua 7:5
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Isaiah 13:7
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Exodus 15:15
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
Joshua 2:9-11
And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
2 Samuel 17:10
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 64:7-8
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

22:14; 64:7,8; 112:10; Ex 15:15; Jos 2:9-11; 7:5; 2Sa 17:10
Isa 13:7

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Context

Psalms 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
Psalms 58:7
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Psalms 58:8
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

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Psalms 58:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Córranse como aguas que se van de suyo: en entesando sus saetas, luego sean hechas pedazos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ô Dieu! dans leur bouche brise leurs dents; Éternel! arrache les grosses dents des jeunes lions.
German Elberfelder 1871	Laß sie zergehen wie Wasser, die zerfließen! Legt er seine Pfeile an, so seien sie wie abgestumpft!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Convertentur ad vesperam, et famem patientur ut canes: et circuibunt civitatem.