Psalms 58:9

⁷ May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

⁸ Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

¹¹ Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
KJV: Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
WEB: Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
ASV: Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
DARBY: Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, they shall be whirled away.
BLB: Before your⁺ pots can discern the thorn, as those living, as burning wrath He sweeps [them] away.

ÅB: Før deres gryter kjenner tornekvistene, skal han blåse dem bort[^2] enten de er friske eller i brann.
OTB: Før deres gryter kan føle varmen fra torner,
Vil han feie dem bort med en virvelvind, både de friske og de brennende.
B1930: Før eders gryter kjenner tornekvistene, skal han blåse dem bort enten de er friske eller i brand. / < førenn de ugudeliges onde råd settes i verk, gjør Gud dem til intet.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
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Psalms 118:12
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
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Ecclesiastes 7:6
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
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Isaiah 17:13
The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
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Jeremiah 23:19
Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
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Psalms 10:2
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
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Isaiah 40:24
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
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Psalms 73:18–20
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
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