Psalms 58

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

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

1To 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?

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

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

2Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

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

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

3The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

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

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

4Their poison <FI>is<Fi> as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

5 Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

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

5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

6 OGod, break their teeth 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 Jehovah.

6O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.

7 Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

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

7They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

8 Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

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 that melteth he goeth on, <FI>As<Fi> an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

9 Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, — they shall be whirled away.

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

9Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

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

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

10The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

11 And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is aGod that judgeth in the earth.

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

11And man saith: `Surely fruit <FI>is<Fi> for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'