Psalms 58
1 “To the chief musician Al-tashcheth, by David, a Michtham.” Do you indeed, who are dumb, speak righteously? do ye judge in uprightness, O ye sons of men?
Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Even in [your] heart ye work injustice: on the earth do ye weigh out the violence of your hands.
No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged [from goodness] from the womb: those who speak lies go astray from their very birth.
The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 They have poison like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of conjurers, yea, that of the wisest of all charmers.
which hearkens not to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.
6 O God, break out their teeth in their mouth: the jaw-teeth of the young lions tear thou out, O Lord.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
7 Let them melt away as water [which] runneth off: when each one bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as if cut in pieces.
Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,
8 As a snail which melteth, let him pass away; like the untimely birth of a woman which hath not seen the sun.
as a snail which melts and passes away, as the untimely birth of a woman, that has not seen the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, will he take them away with a whirlwind, both the green and the burning.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
10 The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he will bathe his steps in the blood of the wicked.
A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 So that a man shall say, Verily fruit will come for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth on the earth.
so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.
