Psalms 58
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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
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For the Music Director. To the melody of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David.
1Do you truly speak righteousness, O heavenly gods?
Do you judge uprightly, O earthly men?
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 Indeed, in the heart you work wickedness;
you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 The wicked are estranged from the womb onward;
those who speak lies go astray from birth.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent;
they are like the deaf adder that plugs its ear,
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 and will not listen to the voice of charmers,
even the best and wisest enchanter.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 Break their teeth in their mouth, O God;
break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 May they melt away as waters which run continually;
when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be trodden under.
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 May they become as a snail that melts as it goes,
like the untimely birth of a woman, may they not see the sun.
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 Before your pots can feel the thorns’ heat, green or burning,
may He sweep them away.
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
11#Ps 42:5; 43:5 and people will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”
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