Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 58:8

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 .

Which thrusts forth, and seems to Threaten with its Horns, but is quickly dissolved: For when it goes out of its shell, it spends its Vital moisture, until by degree it waste away and Perish.

Which indeavouring violently and unseasonably to break forth from the Womb is choaked in the Attempt, and doth not Live to see the Light of the Sun.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 3. 16.