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 Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David.
1Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
2No, in your heart you plot injustice.
You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3The wicked go astray from the womb.
They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4Their poison is like the poison of a snake,
like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers,
no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
7Let them vanish like water that flows away.
When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
8Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous.
Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
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