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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PSALM 58.
1Unto the end, destroy not, for David for an inscription of It title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him#1 Kings 19..
2Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.
3Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
4For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:
5Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps.
6Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity.
7They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
8Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?
9But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.
10I will keep my strength to thee: for thou art my protector:
11my God, his mercy shall prevent me.
12God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my protector:
13For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of,
14when they are consumed: when they are consumed by thy wrath, and they shall be no more. And they shall know that God will rule Jacob, and all the ends of the earth.
15They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
16They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they be not filled.
17But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and my refuge, in the day of my trouble.
18Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy.
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