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href="/bsb/psalms/58.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/58.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/58.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />God will sweep them away, both young and old, faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/58.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/58.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/58.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in <i>his</i> wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/58.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel <i>the burning</i> thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/58.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel <i>the fire of</i> thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/58.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/58.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Before your pots can feel <i>the fire of</i> thorns, He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/58.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Before your pots can feel <i>the fire of</i> thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the living and the burning alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/58.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Before your cooking pots can feel the <i>fire of</i> thorns [burning under them as fuel], He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/58.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns — whether green or burning — he will sweep them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/58.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether green or burning— He will sweep them away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/58.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/58.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Wipe them out quicker than a pot can be heated by setting thorns on fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/58.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/58.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Let [God] sweep them away faster than a cooking pot is heated by burning twigs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/58.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Before they know it, they are cut down like weeds; in his fierce anger God will blow them away while they are still living. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/58.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns— whether green or ablaze— wrath will sweep them away like a storm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/58.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the burning thorns?whether green or dry?He will sweep them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/58.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/58.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/58.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/58.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/58.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Before your pots discern the bramble, "" As living, He whirls away in His burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/58.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/58.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Before your pots shall perceive the thorn, as living, as in wrath, he will sweep him away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/58.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/58.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 57:10>Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/58.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Suddenly, like brambles or thistles, have the whirlwind snatch them away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/58.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/58.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Let their thorns be increased, and fear of wrath shake them violently.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/58.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Let their thorns be brambles and let wrath trouble them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/58.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/58.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/58-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=6874" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/58.htm">God Judges the Earth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2962.htm" title="2962: bə·ṭe·rem (Prep-b:: Adv) -- From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before.">Before</a> <a href="/hebrew/5518.htm" title="5518: sî·rō·ṯê·ḵem (N-cpc:: 2mp) -- Or ciyrah; or cirah; from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn; by implication, a hook.">your pots</a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: yā·ḇî·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">can feel</a> <a href="/hebrew/329.htm" title="329: ’ā·ṭāḏ (N-ms) -- A bramble, buckthorn, also a city in Canaan. From an unused root probably meaning to pierce or make fast; a thorn-tree.">the burning thorns—</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay (Adj-ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">whether green</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kə·mōw- (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kə·mōw- (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2740.htm" title="2740: ḥā·rō·wn (N-ms) -- (burning of) anger. Or charon; from charah; a burning of anger.">dry—</a> <a href="/hebrew/8175.htm" title="8175: yiś·‘ā·ren·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- To storm, to shiver, fear. A primitive root; to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. Fear.">He will sweep them away.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-25.htm">Proverbs 10:25</a></span><br />When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/27-21.htm">Job 27:21</a></span><br />The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13</a></span><br />The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Hosea 13:3</a></span><br />Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-11.htm">James 1:11</a></span><br />For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-27.htm">Matthew 7:27</a></span><br />The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-18.htm">Job 21:18</a></span><br />Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Isaiah 40:24</a></span><br />No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2</a></span><br />For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19</a></span><br />How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-10.htm">Nahum 1:10</a></span><br />For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a></span><br />His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Luke 3:17</a></span><br />His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Isaiah 5:24</a></span><br />Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a></span><br />“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.</p><p class="hdg">thorns</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/118-12.htm">Psalm 118:12</a></b></br> They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:6</a></b></br> For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so <i>is</i> the laughter of the fool: this also <i>is</i> vanity.</p><p class="hdg">as</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-15.htm">Psalm 10:15</a></b></br> Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil <i>man</i>: seek out his wickedness <i>till</i> thou find none.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/55-23.htm">Psalm 55:23</a></b></br> But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-20</a></b></br> Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction… </p><p class="hdg">both living [heb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-30.htm">Numbers 16:30</a></b></br> But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that <i>appertain</i> unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; 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The imagery suggests suddenness and swiftness, indicating that God's judgment will come unexpectedly and rapidly. In biblical times, thorns were often used as kindling because they ignited quickly but also burned out fast, symbolizing the fleeting nature of human plans and efforts without divine blessing. This metaphor is also seen in other scriptures, such as <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:6</a>, where the laughter of fools is compared to the crackling of thorns under a pot, emphasizing the temporary and ultimately futile nature of wickedness.<p><b>whether green or dry—</b><br>The mention of "green or dry" thorns highlights the indiscriminate nature of God's judgment. In the ancient world, green thorns would not burn as easily as dry ones, yet the verse suggests that both will be swept away, indicating that no state of readiness or unpreparedness can withstand divine intervention. This can be seen as a reflection of God's omnipotence and the certainty of His justice, regardless of human circumstances. The imagery underscores the idea that God's actions are not hindered by human conditions or limitations.<p><b>He will sweep them away.</b><br>The phrase "He will sweep them away" conveys the idea of complete and total removal, akin to a powerful wind or flood that leaves nothing behind. This reflects the biblical theme of divine retribution against the wicked, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4</a>, where the wicked are compared to chaff driven away by the wind. The sweeping action can also be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over sin and evil, as prophesied in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New Testament. This imagery assures believers of God's sovereign control and the eventual triumph of righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>- Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/58.htm">Psalm 58</a>, David is expressing a plea for divine justice against wicked rulers.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/wicked_judges/rulers.htm">Wicked Judges/Rulers</a></b><br>- The psalm addresses corrupt leaders who pervert justice, a common theme in David's psalms.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god_as_judge.htm">God as Judge</a></b><br>- The ultimate authority who will enact swift justice, as depicted in the metaphor of sweeping away thorns.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/thorns.htm">Thorns</a></b><br>- Symbolic of the temporary and futile efforts of the wicked, often used in biblical literature to represent obstacles or judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/pots.htm">Pots</a></b><br>- Represents the plans or schemes of the wicked, which are rendered ineffective by God's intervention.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_swift_justice.htm">God's Swift Justice</a></b><br>God's judgment is not only certain but also swift. The imagery of thorns being swept away before they can burn highlights the immediacy of His intervention.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_wickedness.htm">The Futility of Wickedness</a></b><br>The plans of the wicked are ultimately futile. Like thorns that are easily swept away, their efforts cannot withstand God's power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_divine_justice.htm">Trust in Divine Justice</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to trust in God's timing and justice, even when human systems fail. God's justice is perfect and will prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_evil.htm">The Temporary Nature of Evil</a></b><br>Evil may seem powerful, but it is temporary and will be dealt with by God. This should encourage believers to remain steadfast in righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_intervention.htm">The Power of God's Intervention</a></b><br>God's intervention is powerful and decisive. Believers can find comfort in knowing that God is actively working against injustice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_58.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 58</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_58_6_invoke_violence.htm">Why does David, in Psalm 58, invoke violent divine judgment (verse 6) when other passages emphasize mercy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_92_9_conflict_with_grace.htm">Psalm 92:9 declares all God's enemies shall perish--does this conflict with other passages that suggest the wicked may receive grace or forgiveness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_didn't_all_cultures_worship_god.htm">If Psalm 117:1 calls all nations to praise God, why does historical evidence suggest that many cultures never worshiped the Hebrew God at all?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_spiritual_dryness.htm">What defines spiritual dryness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/58.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Before.</span>--The figure in this difficult verse is generally intelligible, though the text as it stands resists all attempts to translate it. As in the preceding images, it must convey the idea of abortive effort and sudden ruin, and, as has generally been understood, some experience of eastern travel undoubtedly supplied the figure which accident or a copyist's error has rendered so obscure. The Hebrew literally runs, <span class= "ital">Before </span>(<span class= "ital">shall</span>)<span class= "ital"> understand your pots a bramble as </span>(or <span class= "ital">so</span>)<span class= "ital"> living as </span>(or <span class= "ital">so</span>)<span class= "ital"> heat sweeps them off. </span>The ancient versions mostly render <span class= "ital">thorns </span>instead of <span class= "ital">pots, </span>and make the simile to lie in the destruction of the bush before growing to maturity. The English versions have undoubtedly caught the figure more correctly. But it is doubtful if the Hebrew word rendered <span class= "ital">feel </span>could be used of inanimate objects, and even if a kettle might be said to <span class= "ital">feel the fire, </span>we should hardly speak of its <span class= "ital">feeling </span>the <span class= "ital">fuel. </span>Some change in the text must be made. A very slight change in one letter gives excellent sense to the first clause. <span class= "ital">Before thorns </span>(taking the word <span class= "ital">?tad </span>which in <a href="/context/judges/9-14.htm" title="Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come you, and reign over us.">Judges 9:14-15</a> is translated <span class= "ital">bramble </span>collectively) <span class= "ital">make your pots ready. </span>But the second clause remains very difficult. Even if (with Gratz) we read <span class= "ital">charol </span>(<a href="/job/30-7.htm" title="Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.">Job 30:7</a>; <a href="/proverbs/24-31.htm" title="And, see, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.">Proverbs 24:31</a>, "nettles") for <span class= "ital">charon, </span>and render <span class= "ital">thorny bush, </span>the words <span class= "ital">as living </span>still offer a puzzle. And even if with the Prayer Book we might render <span class= "ital">raw </span>instead of <span class= "ital">living, </span>yet <span class= "ital">burning heat </span>could not stand for <span class= "ital">cooked meat. </span>Apparently the poet intends to compare the sudden overthrow of the wicked before their arms could succeed, to the disappearance of the fuel before it had time to heat the cooking-pot; and it is quite possible that he compressed all this into a condensed expression, which we must expand: "As, before the brambles make the pots ready, they are consumed, so He will whirl them (<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>the wicked) away alive, as the fierce heat consumes the thorns." Hebrew poetry is always more satisfactory with metaphor than with simile, and here, as often, seems to falter between the two, and so becomes obscure.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/58.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.</span> This "difficult and obscure verse" has been variously explained. Professor Cheyne translates, "Before your pots can feel the thorns, and while your flesh (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the flesh in the pots, on which you are about to feast) is still raw, the hot wrath of Jehovah shall sweep it away." The Revised Version gives the following: "Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them [<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the thorns] away with a whirlwind, the green [thorns] and the burning alike." Dr. Kay, "Before your caldrons have felt the thorn fire, even as raw flesh, even so, shall hot fury sweep him away." The general meaning seems to be that before the wicked judges can enjoy the fruits of their wickedness, the fierce wrath of God will come upon them like a tempest, and sweep both them and the produce of their villainy away (comp. <a href="/2_samuel/23-6.htm">2 Samuel 23:6, 7</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/58-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Before</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּטֶ֤רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṭe·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Non-occurrence, not yet, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your pots</span><br /><span class="heb">סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(sî·rō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5518.htm">Strong's 5518: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pot, a thorn, a hook</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can feel</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבִ֣ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the heat of] thorns—</span><br /><span class="heb">אָטָ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ṭāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_329.htm">Strong's 329: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bramble, buckthorn, also a city in Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whether green</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·mōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dry—</span><br /><span class="heb">חָ֝ר֗וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2740.htm">Strong's 2740: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burning of anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He will sweep them away.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·‘ā·ren·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8175.htm">Strong's 8175: </a> </span><span class="str2">To storm, to shiver, fear</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 58:9 Before your pots can feel the heat (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/58-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 58:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 58:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/58-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 58:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 58:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>