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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 58, Verse 8

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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.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
[ Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
New English Translation
Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!
World English Bible
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
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The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
1
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
2
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
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For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.
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They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to help me, and behold.
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Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
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They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
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Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?