Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
David challenges his enemies with a piercing question: Do you yourselves not see the justice of my cause? When a man's innocence is evident enough to appeal to his very accusers, he stands on solid ground. He exposes their calumnies by demanding their own testimony to his integrity.
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Commenting on Psalm 58:1-11
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. If they have no capacity for good, at least deprive them of their ability for evil. Treat them as the snake charmers do their serpents, extract their fangs, break their teeth. The Lord can do this, and he will.
Break their teeth so they cannot prey on others, as lions live by rapine. Let their arrows fall at their feet and miss the mark entirely. Let them waste away like a flood that soaks into the ground and vanishes, water spilled that cannot be gathered up again.
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Commenting on Psalm 58:6-11