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.
For the music director; set to #58:0 Lit Do Not DestroyAl-tashheth. A #58:0 Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement PsalmMikhtam of David.
1Do you indeed #58:1 Another reading is speak righteousness in silencespeak righteousness, you #58:1 Or mighty ones; or judgesgods?
Do you judge #58:1 Or mankind fairly?fairly, you sons of mankind?
2No, in heart you practice injustice;
On earth you clear a way for the violence of your hands.
3The wicked have turned away from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from #58:3 Lit the wombbirth.
4They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
5So that it does not hear the voice of #58:5 Or whispererscharmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.
6¶God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, Lord.
7May they flow away like water that runs off;
When he #58:7 Lit bendsaims his arrows, may they be as #58:7 Lit though they were cut offheadless shafts.
8 May they be like a snail which goes along in slime,
Like the miscarriage of a woman that never sees the sun.
9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the #58:9 Lit livinggreen and the burning alike.
10¶The righteous will rejoice when he sees vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11And people will say, “There certainly is #58:11 Lit fruita reward for the righteous;
There certainly is a God who judges on the earth!”
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