Psalms 58

1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

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

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

2The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

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

3The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

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 snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

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

5Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.

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

6O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

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.

7Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

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.

8Let 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.

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

9Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

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

10The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

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

11So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.