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 Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David.] Do you rulers indeed speak righteousness? Do you judge blamelessly, you descendants of Adam?
2 Even in [your] heart ye work injustice: on the earth do ye weigh out the violence of your hands.
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure 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 go astray from the womb. They are wayward 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 a deaf viper that stops its ear,
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of conjurers, yea, that of the wisest of all charmers.
which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
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, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, 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 vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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 a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who 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 heat of the thorns, he will sweep away 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.
The righteous 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, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth."
