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Psalms 58:7

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 58:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Let them melt away as waters which run continually; i.e. "let them waste away, and go to naught, like water, that runs off and accomplishes nothing." When he bendoth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces; i.

e. "let the arrows be as though snapped in two, or headless."

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