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?
To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, 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] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
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 that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen 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 discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth 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.'
And man saith: 'Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
