Psalms 58
1 To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?
For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam. Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?
2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
4 Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
8 As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.
9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 And man saith: 'Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'
