Psalm 58:1WEB
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
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For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David.
Psalm 58:1WEB
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
Psalm 58:2WEB
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalm 58:3WEB
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Psalm 58:4WEB
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Psalm 58:5WEB
which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
Psalm 58:6WEB
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 58:7WEB
Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
Psalm 58:8WEB
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
Psalm 58:9WEB
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
Psalm 58:10WEB
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
Psalm 58:11WEB
so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.