Psalms 58:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Psalms 58:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth - The word here rendered “break” means properly “to tear out.” The allusion is to his enemies, represented as wild beasts; and the prayer is, that God wou...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Break their (e) teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. (e) Take away all opportunity and means by which they hurt.

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• Psalms 58:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  LVIII. A Prayer for Vengeance on Unrighteous Judges. This Ps. is closely allied to Psalms 82. The reproaches in Psalms 58:3 , where the enemies of the Psalmist are said to have gone astray from th...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

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• Psalms 58:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. Break their teeth, O God! in their mouth (354) From this part of the psalm he assumes the language of imprecation, and solicits the vengeance of God, whose peculiar prerogative it is to...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. Break their teeth - He still compares Saul, his captains, and his courtiers, to lions; and as a lion's...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Break their teeth, O God— The mention of teeth in this first place with the relative their, most probably refers to the adder's or serpent's immediately foregoing, whose poison and noxious powe...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. -Petition rounded on the foregoing description of the malignity of the foe; confident anticipati...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  This Ps. denounces the wickedness of unjust and oppressive judges, and prays, in a series of powerful metaphors, for their destruction, in order that righteousness may be vindicated, and God exalted...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Break their teeth. — The change is abrupt from the image of obstinacy deaf to all charms, to that of violence that must be tamed by force. Great teeth. — Literally, biters, grinders.

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• Psalms 58:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 58:1-11 THIS psalmist's fiery indignation against unjust judges and evil-doers generally is not kindled by personal wrongs. The psalm comes hot from a heart lacerated by the sight of widesp...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “There Is a God That Judgeth” Psalms 58:1-11 This psalm is launched against wicked rulers. It may have been occasioned by the attitude of Abner and others of Saul's party, who accounted David a...

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• Psalms 58:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is a fine setting forth of the certainty of the judgment of God against wickedness. The psalmist declares its reason (verses Psa 58:1-5), its process (verses Psa 58:6-9), and its effect (verses...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  This appeal to God comes in very suitably after what was before observed. If we accept the expressions as prayers for grace, or the destruction of the irrecoverable foes of Christ, they are very stro...

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• Psalms 58:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  FAITH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS I. The throne of iniquity ( Psalms 58:1-5 ). II. The throne of God ( Psalms 58:6-9 ). III. The spectacle of justice ( Psalms 58:10-11 ). Illustrations (1) ‘N...

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• Psalms 58:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth ,.... From the description of the wicked, the psalmist passes to imprecations on his enemies; whom he represents as cruel and bloodthirsty, and as being stro...

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• Psalms 58:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. Ver. 6. Break their teeth, O God ] Disarm and disable them from doing me mischief. See Psalms 3:7...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Break their teeth, O God Their power and instruments of doing mischief. “The mention of teeth here, with the relative their , most probably first refers to those of the adder or serpent, immedia...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

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• Psalms 58:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Their teeth; their power and instruments of doing mischief. He mentions teeth, partly because the adder's poison lies in its teeth; and partly to make way for the following metaphor. The great tee...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  David Calls On God To Deal With The Unrighteous As They Deserve ( Psalms 58:6-9 ). In five more vivid illustrations David calls on God to deal with the unrighteous, followed by a sixth by which he...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith .” see introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Michtam of David .” See Introduction to Psalms 56 . Moll: “This complaint respecting domestic...

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• Psalms 58:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Psalms 58:4 . The deaf adder, which stops her ears by putting one ear to the ground, and forcing her tail into the other. Very many of the ancient Greek and Latin writers mention the practice of c...

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• Psalms 58:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? Man in many aspects I. The character of depraved men portrayed. 1. Unrighteous in judgment. 2. Wrong in heart. 3. Violent in the treat...

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• Psalms 58:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION A PSALM of condemnation on unrighteous judges. Some suppose the judges to be superhuman beings, entrusted with the government of the earth (Cheyne). Others suggest heathen rulers of...

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• Psalms 58:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A Cry for Vengeance upon the Subverters of Right. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, to be sung to the same melody as the preceding psalm, Michtam, a poem in epigrammatic form, of David.

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• Psalms 58:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 30:21-26 ; Hosea 5:14 ; Isaiah 31:4 ; Job 29:17 ; Job 4:10 ; Job 4:11 ; Micah 5:8 ; Numbers 23:24 ; Psalms 10:15 ; Psalms 17:12 ; Psalms 3:7 ; Psalms 91:13

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• Psalms 58:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Their teeth — Their powerful instruments of doing mischief.

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