Psalms 58
1 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
“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, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Nay, in your hearts ye contrive iniquity; Your hands weigh out violence in the land!
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
The wicked are estranged, from their very birth; The liars go astray as soon as they are born.
4 Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
They have poison, like the poison of a serpent; Like the deaf adder's, which stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Which listeneth not to the voice of the charmer, And of the sorcerer, skilful in incantations.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young 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 away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
May they melt like waters, which flow away; May their arrows, when they aim them, be as if cut in pieces!
8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
May they be like the snail, which melteth away as it goeth; Like the abortion of a woman, that seeth not 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 feel the heat of the thorns, Whether fresh, or burning, may they be blown away!
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 seeth such vengeance; He shall bathe his 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 judgeth 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!”
