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?

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

2 Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

4 Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

which does not sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Adonai.

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.

Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

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.

Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen 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 heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

The upright shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his 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.

so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the upright. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”