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4-5 They are poisonous as deadly snakes, cobras that close their ears to the most expert of charmers.

O God, break off their fangs. Tear out the teeth of these young lions, Lord. Let them disappear like water into thirsty ground. Make their weapons useless in their hands.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:7 Make their weapons useless in their hands, or “Let them be trodden down and wither like grass.”

that will not heed(A) the tune of the charmer,(B)
    however skillful the enchanter may be.

Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(C)
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(D)
Let them vanish like water that flows away;(E)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(F)

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