¹⁷ I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

⁷ Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

¹⁴ There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

³⁵ I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.

⁸ Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

⁶ Blessed be Yahweh, Who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.

³ Then they would have swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;