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| Psalms 58:1 | {To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men? | <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.> Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men? |
| Psalms 58:2 | Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. | The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth. |
| Psalms 58:3 | The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies. | The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words. |
| Psalms 58:4 | Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear; | Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut; |
| Psalms 58:5 | Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely. | Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers. |
| Psalms 58:6 | O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. | O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord. |
| Psalms 58:7 | Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted: | Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way. |
| Psalms 58:8 | 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. | Let 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. |
| Psalms 58:9 | Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, they shall be whirled away. | Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth. |
| Psalms 58:10 | The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked: | The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer. |
| Psalms 58:11 | And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. | So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth. |
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