Psalms 58
1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title. If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men.
“For the leader of the music. To the tune of “Do not destroy.” A psalm of David.” Do ye, indeed, administer justice faithfully, ye mighty ones? Do ye judge with uprightness, ye sons of men?
2 For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.
Nay, in your hearts ye contrive iniquity; Your hands weigh out violence in the land!
3 Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.
The wicked are estranged, from their very birth; The liars go astray as soon as they are born.
4 Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,
They have poison, like the poison of a serpent; Like the deaf adder's, which stoppeth her ear;
5 who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.
Which listeneth not to the voice of the charmer, And of the sorcerer, skilful in incantations.
6 God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.
Break their teeth, O God! in their mouths! Break out the great teeth of the lions, O LORD!
7 They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened.
May they melt like waters, which flow away; May their arrows, when they aim them, be as if cut in pieces!
8 Like wax that flows, they will be carried away. Fire has fallen upon them, and they will not see the sun.
May they be like the snail, which melteth away as it goeth; Like the abortion of a woman, that seeth not the sun!
9 Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.
Before your pots feel the heat of the thorns, Whether fresh, or burning, may they be blown away!
10 The just one will rejoice when he sees vindication. He will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
The righteous shall rejoice, when he seeth such vengeance; He shall bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 And man will say, “If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth.”
Then shall men say, “Truly there is a reward for the righteous! Truly there is a God who is judge upon the earth!”
