Condemnation–Lawlessness Punished (vv. 6-8). Seeing innocent people suffer because of unjust judges made David angry, and rightly so. There is a righteous anger that ought to show itself whenever innocent people are condemned or helpless people are abused. David didn’t do any of the things he mentioned but instead asked the Lord to do them. He knew that vengeance belongs to the Lord (Deut. 32:35; Heb. 10:30; Rom. 12:19). A lion without teeth is severely limited in its attacks; water that has soaked into the ground has lost the power to destroy (2 Sam. 14:14); and arrows without points won’t penetrate the body. The snail doesn’t actually “melt away” while moving along the rock, but the trail of slime left behind makes it look that way. The stillborn child is dead and can’t function at all. “Let these unjust leaders be gone!” said David.