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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Learn More About The Passion TranslationTehillim (Psalms) 58
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1Would you indeed speak righteousness, in silence? Do you judge straightly, you sons of men?
2No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.
3The wrong have been estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.
4Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5So as not to hear the voice of whisperers, Or a skilled caster of spells.
6O Elohim, break their teeth in their mouth! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O יהוה!
7Let them melt, let them vanish as water; Let Him aim His arrows that they be cut down;
8Like a snail which melts away as it moves, Like a woman’s stillbirth, Let them not see the sun!
9Before your pots feel the thorns, Whether green or ablaze, He sweeps them away.
10The righteous rejoices when he has seen the vengeance, He washes his feet in the blood of the wrong,
11And man says, “Truly, the righteous are rewarded; Truly, there is an Elohim judging in the earth.”
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