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Psalms 58

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1Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

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

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

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

5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

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

7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

8Let them beas a snail which melteth and passeth away, Likethe untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

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

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

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Parallel translations · Psalms 58:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

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

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

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

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

To the Overseer. --`Destroy not.' --A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Unto the end, destroy not, for David for an inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 58:1.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:6

    and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and he is with you in the judgment.

  • Matthew 26:3

    Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

  • Jeremiah 23:5

    Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

  • Isaiah 32:1

    Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

  • 2 Samuel 23:3

    The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

  • Deuteronomy 1:15

    So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

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"Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me."