KJV King James Version
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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Psalm 58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
WEB World English Bible
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
ASV American Standard Version
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.
Surrounding context — Psalm 58
7 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.
8 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.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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Psalm 68:23That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.Psalm 91:8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.Revelation 11:17-18Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.Psalm 64:10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, [and] to his people.Psalm 107:42The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.Psalm 52:6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:Psalm 68:1-3To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.Judges 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but [let] them that love him [be] as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, [thou] heaven, and [ye] holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.Job 29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;Job 22:19The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.Revelation 19:1-6And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
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