Psalms 58
58
PSALM 58
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,
Michtam of David.
1Do ye, O congregation,
indeed speak righteousness?
O ye that are the sons of men,
judge ye with uprightness?
2Yea, ev'n within your very hearts
ye wickedness have done;
And ye the vi'lence of your hands
do weigh the earth upon.
3The wicked men estranged are,
ev'n from the very womb;
They, speaking lies, do stray as soon
as to the world they come.
4Unto a serpent's poison like
their poison doth appear;
Yea, they are like the adder deaf,
that closely stops her ear;
5That so she may not hear the voice
of one that charm her would,
No, not though he most cunning were,
and charm most wisely could.
6Their teeth, O God, within their mouth
break thou in pieces small;
The great teeth break thou out, O Lord,
of these young lions all.
7Let them like waters melt away,
which downward still do flow:
In pieces cut his arrows all,
when he shall bend his bow.
8Like to a snail that melts away,
let each of them be gone;
Like woman's birth untimely, that
they never see the sun.
9He shall them take away before
your pots the thorns can find,
Both living, and in fury great,
as with a stormy wind.
10The righteous, when he vengeance sees,
he shall be joyful then;
The righteous one shall wash his feet
in blood of wicked men.
11So men shall say,
The righteous man
reward shall never miss:
And verily upon the earth
a God to judge there is.
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Psalms 58
58
Psalm 58#In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.#Title: Probably a literary or musical term
1Do you rulers indeed speak justly?
Do you judge people with equity?
2No, in your heart you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
3Even from birth the wicked go astray;
from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4Their venom is like the venom of a snake,
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5that will not heed the tune of the charmer,
however skillful the enchanter may be.
6Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;
Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!
7Let them vanish like water that flows away;
when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
8May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,
like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.
9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.#58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
10The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,
when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11Then people will say,
“Surely the righteous still are rewarded;
surely there is a God who judges the earth.”
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