Psalms 58

1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David: Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

4 Their poison is 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: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;

5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

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 [Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen 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 can feel the thorns, he shall take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

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 the vengeance: he shall wash 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 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth in 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.