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Psalms 58
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American Standard Version · 1901
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King James Version · 1611
1 Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? 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.
2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh 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.
3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
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.
5Which will not hearken 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.
6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8Let them beas a snail which melteth and passeth away, Likethe untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
8As 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.
9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.