I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;
They are also chastened with pain upon their beds and with continual strife in their bones,
The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty.
then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Rise up, O Lord! Deliver me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.
Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.
there are those whose teeth are swords, whose teeth are knives to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mortals.
I went after it and struck it down, rescuing the lamb from its mouth, and if it turned against me, I would catch it by the jaw, strike it down, and kill it.