Psalms 58
1 To the Chief Musician. "Do not Destroy." A precious Psalm, of David. Are ye, indeed, silent [when] righteousness, ye should speak? When, with equity, ye should judge, O ye sons of men?
To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam. Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?
2 Aye! ye all do work, perversity, —Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;
The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear;
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;
5 That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.
Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.
6 O God! break away their teeth in their mouth, The biters of the young lions, knock thou out, O Yahweh!
O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
7 Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like [grass] let them be cut down:
Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:
8 Like a snail, which melteth away as it goeth, An untimely birth of a woman, which hath not seen the sun:
Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.
9 Before your kettles can perceive the [kindled] bramble, Be he green or be he withered, he shall be swept away.
Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, — they shall be whirled away.
10 The righteous man will rejoice when he hath seen an avenging, His feet, will he bathe in the blood of the lawless one: —
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:
11 So that a son of earth may say—Surely there is fruit for the righteous man! Surely there are gods who judge in the earth!
And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
