Psalms 58
1 Do all of you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do all of you judge uprightly, O all of you sons of men?
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart all of you work wickedness; all of you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
3 The wicked are cut off from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
7 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.
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
8 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.
Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judges in the earth.
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
