Psalms 58:6

4 ^aTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

5 Which will not ^aheed the voice of charmers,
Charming ever so skillfully.

6 ^aBreak¹ their teeth in their mouth, O God!
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!

7 ^aLet them flow away as waters which run continually;
When he bends his bow,
Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.

8 Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,
^aLike a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Psalms 58:6

Break their teeth - He still compares Saul, his captains, and his courtiers, to lions; and as a lion' s power of doing mischief is greatly lessened if all his teeth be broken, so he prays that God may take away their power and means of pursuing their bloody purpose. But he may probably have the serpents in view of which he speaks in the preceding verse; break their teeth - destroy the fangs of these serpents, in which their poison is contained. This will amount to the same meaning as above. Save me from the adders - the sly and poisonous slanderers: save me also from the lions - the tyrannical and blood-thirsty men.

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