Psa 58 | RLT | STEP | To the chief Musician , Al–taschith , Michtam of David . Do ye indeed speak righteousness , O congregation ? do ye judge uprightly , O ye sons of men ?

‏ Psalms 58

PSAL. LVIII.

To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David. ^{▼▼ Al–taschith…: or, Destroy not.
,} ^{▼▼ Michtam: or, A golden Psalm.}

1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. ^{▼▼ as soon…: Heb. from the belly.} 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; ^{▼▼ like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc.
,} ^{▼▼ adder: or, asp.} 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. ^{▼▼ charming…: or, be the charmer never so cunning.} 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Yhwh. 7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 8 As 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. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. ^{▼▼ both…: Heb. as living as wrath.} 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. ^{▼▼ a reward…: Heb. fruit of the, etc.}

‏ Psalms 58

PSAL. LVIII.

To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David. ▼▼ Al–taschith…: or, Destroy not. , ▼▼ Michtam: or, A golden Psalm.

To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David. ^{▼▼ Al–taschith…: or, Destroy not.
,} ^{▼▼ Michtam: or, A golden Psalm.}