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
For the music director. According to “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm (miktam) of David.
1You leaders,#58:1. The word in the Hebrew is unclear. One interpretation “gods” is surely incorrect. do you really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?
2No, for in your minds you plan evil. You cause violence everywhere!
3The wicked are sinners from birth; from the moment they're born they tell lies.
4They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,
5refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmers or the spellbinders.
6God, break their teeth, and smash the jaws of these lions, Lord.
7May they vanish like water that flows away; when they shoot their arrows may they miss their mark.#58:7. The meaning of the second part of this verse is unclear.
8May they be like the slime of snails that dissolves away, like a stillborn child that never saw the light of day.
9Before the cooking pot is hot from burning thorns, whether fresh or dry, God will blow them away.#58:9. The meaning of this verse is unclear.
10Those who live right will be happy when they see there is punishment; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11They will say, “There is definitely a reward for those who live right; there is certainly a God who judges fairly on earth.”
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