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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PSALM 58
Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.
To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” A Mikhtam of David. [A record of memorable thoughts of David].
1Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?
Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?
2No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing;
On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.
3The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
4Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,
5So that it does not listen to the voice of charmers,
Or of the skillful enchanter casting [cunning] spells.
6O God, break their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
7Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
8 Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along,
Like the miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.
9Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.
10The [unyieldingly] righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance [of God];
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”
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