Psalms 58
58
Judge of the Judges
For the Pure and Shining One
King David’s golden song of instruction
To the tune of “Do Not Destroy”
1-2God’s justice? You high and mighty politicians
know nothing about it!
Which one of you has walked in justice toward others?
Which one of you has treated everyone right and fair?
Not one! You only give “justice” in exchange for a bribe.
For the right price you let others get away with murder.
3-4Wicked wanderers even from the womb—that’s who you are!
You lie with your words, and your teaching is poison. # 58:3–4 The Hebrew reads “venom of a serpent,” which is a clear metaphor for wrong teaching.
5Like cobras closing their ears to the most expert of the charmers,
you strike out against all who are near.
6O God, break their fangs;
shatter the teeth of these ravenous lions!
7Let them disappear like water falling on thirsty ground.
Let all their weapons be useless.
8Let them be like snails dissolving into the slime.
Let them be cut off, never seeing the light of day!
9God will sweep them away so fast
that they’ll never know what hit them. # 58:9 The Hebrew here is recognized by nearly every scholar to be one of the most difficult verses in the Psalms to translate.
10The godly will celebrate in the triumph of good over evil,
and the lovers of God will trample
the wickedness of the wicked under their feet!
11Then everyone will say, “There is a God who judges the judges”
and “There is a great reward in loving God!”
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58
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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