“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.”
The petition that the wicked would be like a snail that melts away articulates the request for the gradual dissolution and destruction of the wicked through natural causes. The image of a snail dissolving suggests weakness and inevitable failure; the wicked will simply dissolve under the pressure of existence. The reference to aborting offspring that do not see the sun suggests barrenness and failure at the most basic level of continuation: the wicked's line will be cut off. This verse continues the petition for total devastation: the wicked will not merely lose battles but will cease to exist as a functioning force.
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