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O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
    tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
Let them vanish like water that runs away;
    like grass let them be trodden down[a] and wither.
Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime;
    like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:7 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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