Psalms 58

1 To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

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

No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

which hearkens not to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,

8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

as a snail which melts and passes away, as the untimely birth of a woman, that has not seen the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

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

A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.