Psalm 58:7

New International Reader's Version

Let those people disappear like water that flows away. When they draw their bows, let their arrows fall short of the target.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:10

Then the hearts of your soldiers will melt away in fear. Even those as brave as a lion will be terrified. That’s because everyone in Israel knows that your father is a fighter. They know that those with him are brave.

Job 4:10

Powerful lions might roar and growl. But their teeth are broken.

Psalm 112:10

Evil people will see it and be upset. They will grind their teeth and become weaker and weaker. What evil people long to do can’t succeed.

Psalm 22:14

My strength is like water that is poured out on the ground. I feel as if my bones aren’t connected. My heart has turned to wax. It has melted away inside me.

Psalm 3:8

Lord, you are the one who saves. May your blessing be on your people.

Psalm 64:3

They make their tongues like sharp swords. They aim their mean words like deadly arrows.

Exodus 15:15

The chiefs of Edom will be terrified. The leaders of Moab will tremble with fear. The people of Canaan will melt away.

Isaiah 13:7

Their hands won’t be able to help them. Everyone’s heart will melt away in fear.

Joshua 7:5

They chased the Israelites from the city gate all the way to Shebarim. They killed about 36 of them on the way down. So the Israelites were terrified.