Psalms 58
1 to/for to conduct Do Not Destroy Do Not Destroy to/for David Miktam truly silence righteousness to speak: promise [emph?] uprightness to judge son: child man
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
2 also in/on/with heart injustice to work [emph?] in/on/with land: country/planet violence hand your to envy [emph?]
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
3 be a stranger wicked from womb to go astray from belly: womb to speak: speak lie
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
4 rage to/for them like/as likeness rage serpent like cobra deaf to shutter ear his
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
5 which not to hear: hear to/for voice to whisper to unite spell be wise
refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
6 God to overthrow tooth their in/on/with lip their tooth lion to tear LORD
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
7 to flow like water to go: went to/for them to tread (arrow his *Q(K)*) like to circumcise
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
8 like snail melting to go: continue miscarriage woman not to see sun
Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9 in/on/with before to understand pot your bramble like alive like burning anger to storm him
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
10 to rejoice righteous for to see vengeance beat his to wash: wash in/on/with blood [the] wicked
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 and to say man surely fruit to/for righteous surely there God to judge in/on/with land: country/planet
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
