Psalms 58

1 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?

Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?

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

Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.

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

4 Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;

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

5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.

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

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

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 water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

8 Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.

As a snail which melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11 And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'

So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God that judges in the earth.