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Psalms 58
WEB
World English Bible · 2000
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
1Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
1 Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?
2Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
2 Yea, 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.
3 The wicked go astray from the womb; they err 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,
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;
5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.
5 Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.
6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
6 OGod, break their teeth 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.
7 Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:
8Let them beas a snail which melteth and passeth away, Likethe untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
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.
9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
9 Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, — they shall be whirled away.