Psalms 58
1 When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!
Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title. If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men.
2 No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land [of Israel].
For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.
3 Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born [DOU].
Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.
4 God, show in the heavens how great you are! And show your glory to people all over the earth! What wicked people say [injures people like] the venom of a snake [MET]; They refuse to listen to good advice, [as though they were] cobras that were deaf [MET]!
Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,
5 As a result, [like a snake that does not respond when] a charmer plays a flute or when someone sings magic songs, [they do not pay attention when others rebuke them].
who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.
6 God, as for these enemies who [want to attack me like] young lions, break their teeth!
God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.
7 Cause them to disappear like water disappears [in dry ground]! Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no (heads/sharp points)!
They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened.
8 Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; cause them to be like babies that are born dead!
Like wax that flows, they will be carried away. Fire has fallen upon them, and they will not see the sun.
9 Get rid of them [as fast as] thornbushes are blown away [after they are cut] (OR, [as fast as] a fire heats a pot over burning thorns).
Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.
10 Righteous people will rejoice when they see wicked people being punished as they deserve; they will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people.
The just one will rejoice when he sees vindication. He will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
11 [Then] people will say, “It is true that there is a reward for righteous people; and there is indeed a God who judges people justly here on the earth!”
And man will say, “If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth.”
