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?
“To the chief musician Al-tashcheth, by David, a Michtham.” Do you indeed, who are dumb, speak righteously? do ye judge in uprightness, O ye sons of men?
2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
Even in [your] heart ye work injustice: on the earth do ye weigh out the violence of your hands.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
The wicked are estranged [from goodness] from the womb: those who speak lies go astray from their very birth.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
They have poison like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
Which will not hearken to the voice of conjurers, yea, that of the wisest of all charmers.
6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
O God, break out their teeth in their mouth: the jaw-teeth of the young lions tear thou out, 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 [which] runneth off: when each one bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as if cut in pieces.
8 Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
As a snail which melteth, let him pass away; like the untimely birth of a woman which hath 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, will he take them away with a whirlwind, both the green and the burning.
10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he will bathe his steps 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!”
So that a man shall say, Verily fruit will come for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth on the earth.
