King James Version
Psalms 58:10 in the King James Version says “The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 58 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.”
Psalms 58:10 · KJV
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. both: Heb. as living as wrath
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. a reward: Heb. fruit of the, etc
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall rejoice”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“when he seeth”
H2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
“his feet”
H6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
“in the blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
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