Psalms 58
1 “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?
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?
2 Nay, in your hearts ye contrive iniquity; Your hands weigh out violence in the land!
Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged, from their very birth; The liars go astray as soon as they are born.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4 They have poison, like the poison of a serpent; Like the deaf adder's, which stoppeth her ear;
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;
5 Which listeneth not to the voice of the charmer, And of the sorcerer, skilful in incantations.
Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God! in their mouths! Break out the great teeth of the lions, O LORD!
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 May they melt like waters, which flow away; May their arrows, when they aim them, be as if cut in pieces!
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 May they be like the snail, which melteth away as it goeth; Like the abortion of a woman, that seeth not the sun!
As a snail which melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots feel the heat of the thorns, Whether fresh, or burning, may they be blown away!
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice, when he seeth such vengeance; He shall bathe his feet 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 Then shall men say, “Truly there is a reward for the righteous! Truly there is a God who is judge upon the earth!”
So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God that judges in the earth.
