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?
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?
2 Even in [your] heart ye work injustice: on the earth do ye weigh out the violence of your hands.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
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; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
4 They have poison like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of conjurers, yea, that of the wisest of all charmers.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
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 cheek-teeth of the young lions, 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 melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth 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.
Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have 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 sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw 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.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth 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.
And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'
