Psalms 58

1 To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam. Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David: Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

5 Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

7 Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as 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 Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

[Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

9 Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, — they shall be whirled away.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps 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 And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.