< 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 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 also in/on/with heart injustice to work [emph?] in/on/with land: country/planet violence hand your to envy [emph?]
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 be a stranger wicked from womb to go astray from belly: womb to speak: speak lie
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 rage to/for them like/as likeness rage serpent like cobra deaf to shutter ear his
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; like a deaf viper that stops its ear,
5 which not to hear: hear to/for voice to whisper to unite spell be wise
which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
6 God to overthrow tooth their in/on/with lip their tooth lion to tear LORD
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
7 to flow like water to go: went to/for them to tread (arrow his *Q(K)*) like to circumcise
Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
8 like snail melting to go: continue miscarriage woman not to see sun
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen 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 heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
10 to rejoice righteous for to see vengeance beat his to wash: wash in/on/with blood [the] wicked
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his 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
so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth."