Psalms 58
1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam. Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?
2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
8 Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'
