Psalms 58

1Do 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?

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.

2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh 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.

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

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.

5Which will not hearken 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet 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.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps 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.

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

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