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?
For the leader. Al tashheth. Of David. A michtam. Do you speak what is right, you gods? With equity judge you your people?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
In the land you practise iniquity – all of you; violence do you dispense with your hands.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
The wicked go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,
5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
and refuses to listen to the voice of the charmer, or binder of spells, no matter how cunning.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
O God, break to pieces the teeth in their mouth, tear out the great teeth of the young lions, 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.
May they melt away like running water! Like tender grass, cut down may they be!
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.
Like the snail that dissolves on its crawling path, like the birth untimely which sees not the sunlight.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
Faster than a thorn-fire heats your pots, he will come with his tempest and sweep them away.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
The sight of such vengeance will gladden the righteous; their feet they will wash 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.'
People will say, ‘Yes, the just are rewarded: yes, on the earth is a God who is Judge.’
