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?
To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?
2 Even in [your] heart ye work injustice: on the earth do ye weigh out the violence of your hands.
The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged [from goodness] from the womb: those who speak lies go astray from their very birth.
The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.
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 snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of conjurers, yea, that of the wisest of all charmers.
Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.
6 O God, break out their teeth in their mouth: the jaw-teeth of the young lions tear thou out, O Lord.
O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.
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 be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.
8 As a snail which melteth, let him pass away; like the untimely birth of a woman which hath not seen the sun.
Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see 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 they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.
10 The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he will bathe his steps in the blood of the wicked.
The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.
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 will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.
