Psalms 58

1 To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. Is it true? O Congregation, speake ye iustly? O sonnes of men, iudge ye vprightly?

For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam. Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?

2 Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.

3 The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.

4 Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.

Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;

5 Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.

6 Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lord.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

7 Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

8 Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.

Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.

9 As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.

10 The righteous shall reioyce when he seeeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feete in the blood of the wicked.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11 And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.

And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'