Psalms 58
1 To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. Is it true? O Congregation, speake ye iustly? O sonnes of men, iudge ye vprightly?
“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 Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.
Nay, in your hearts ye contrive iniquity; Your hands weigh out violence in the land!
3 The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.
The wicked are estranged, from their very birth; The liars go astray as soon as they are born.
4 Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.
They have poison, like the poison of a serpent; Like the deaf adder's, which stoppeth her ear;
5 Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.
Which listeneth not to the voice of the charmer, And of the sorcerer, skilful in incantations.
6 Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lord.
Break their teeth, O God! in their mouths! Break out the great teeth of the lions, O LORD!
7 Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.
May they melt like waters, which flow away; May their arrows, when they aim them, be as if cut in pieces!
8 Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.
May they be like the snail, which melteth away as it goeth; Like the abortion of a woman, that seeth not the sun!
9 As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.
Before your pots feel the heat of the thorns, Whether fresh, or burning, may they be blown away!
10 The righteous shall reioyce when he seeeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feete in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous shall rejoice, when he seeth such vengeance; He shall bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.
Then shall men say, “Truly there is a reward for the righteous! Truly there is a God who is judge upon the earth!”
