Psalms 58
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Psalms 58
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To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men? | For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? |
The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth. | Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. |
The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words. | The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. |
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut; | Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, |
Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers. | Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely. |
O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord. | Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. |
Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way. | Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. |
Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun. | [Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun. |
Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth. | Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. |
The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer. | The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; |
So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth. | So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. |