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Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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Like Water in the Sand
The psalmist prays for his enemies to “melt away as water.” Commentators explain this powerful image signifies a swift, complete, and irreversible end. Like a flash flood that vanishes into desert sand or water spilled on the ground that cannot be recovered, the wicked's power and presence will simply cease to be.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let them melt away as waters which run continually - Let them vanish or disappear as waters that flow off, or floods that run by, a…
19th Century
Anglican
After the examples of obstinate and fierce malignity, there come four striking images illustrating the foolishness of the wicked man’s projects and…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually Let them be disheartened, and their courage fail them, and let …
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