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Selected Verse: Psalms 58:7 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 58:7	King James	Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
which run continually--literally, "they shall go to themselves," utterly depart, as rapid mountain torrents. he bendeth . . . his arrows--prepares it. The term for preparing a bow applied to arrows (Psa 64:3). let them . . . pieces--literally, "as if they cut themselves off"--that is, become blunted and of no avail.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

which run continually--literally, "they shall go to themselves," utterly depart, as rapid mountain torrents.

he bendeth . . . his arrows--prepares it. The term for preparing a bow applied to arrows (Psa 64:3).

let them . . . pieces--literally, "as if they cut themselves off"--that is, become blunted and of no avail.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Let them melt away as waters which run continually - Let them vanish or disappear as waters that flow off, or floods that run by, and are no more seen. "Perhaps" the allusion here may be to the waters of a torrent that is swollen, which flow off and are lost in the sand, so that they wholly disappear. See the notes at Job 6:15-19. The prayer is, that his enemies might perish or be cut off, and that he might thus be saved from them. When he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows - literally, "he treads on his arrows." See the notes at Psa 11:2. The meaning here is, When he prepares for an attack - or, prepares to make war, as one does who bends his bow, and places his arrow on the string. The allusion here is to the enemies of David, as seeking his life. Let them be as cut in pieces - That is, Let his arrows be as if they were cut off or "blunted," so that they will produce no effect. Let them be such, that they will not penetrate and wound.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Let them melt away as waters which run continually - Let them vanish or disappear as waters that flow off, or floods that run by, and are no more seen. "Perhaps" the allusion here may be to the waters of a torrent that is swollen, which flow off and are lost in the sand, so that they wholly disappear. See the notes at Job 6:15-19. The prayer is, that his enemies might perish or be cut off, and that he might thus be saved from them.

When he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows - literally, "he treads on his arrows." See the notes at Psa 11:2. The meaning here is, When he prepares for an attack - or, prepares to make war, as one does who bends his bow, and places his arrow on the string. The allusion here is to the enemies of David, as seeking his life.

Let them be as cut in pieces - That is, Let his arrows be as if they were cut off or "blunted," so that they will produce no effect. Let them be such, that they will not penetrate and wound.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Melt away - As waters arising from melted snow, which at first run with great force, but are suddenly gone.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Melt away - As waters arising from melted snow, which at first run with great force, but are suddenly gone.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Let them melt away as waters - Let them be minished away like the waters which sometimes run in the desert, but are soon evaporated by the sun, or absorbed by the sand. When he bendeth his bow - When my adversaries aim their envenomed shafts against me, let their arrows not only fall short of the mark, but he broken to pieces in the flight. Some apply this to God. When he bends his bow against them, they shall all be exterminated.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Let them melt away as waters - Let them be minished away like the waters which sometimes run in the desert, but are soon evaporated by the sun, or absorbed by the sand.

When he bendeth his bow - When my adversaries aim their envenomed shafts against me, let their arrows not only fall short of the mark, but he broken to pieces in the flight. Some apply this to God. When he bends his bow against them, they shall all be exterminated.

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