Psalms 58
1 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
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 Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
4 Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
7 Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
