| Psa. 58:1 |
Do you indeed, O judges, speak righteousness? / Do you judge in uprightness, O sons of men? |
| Psa. 58:2 |
No, in heart you perform injustice; / You weigh out the violence of your hands on earth. |
| Psa. 58:3 |
The wicked are estranged from the womb; / They err from [their] birth, speaking lies. |
| Psa. 58:4 |
Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; / They are like the deaf cobra that has shut its ear, |
| Psa. 58:5 |
Which does not hear the sound of the charmers / [Or] the wise spellbinder. |
| Psa. 58:6 |
O God, break their teeth in their mouth; / Break off the fangs of the young lions, O Jehovah. |
| Psa. 58:7 |
Let them melt like water that runs off. / When he shoots his arrows, / Let them be as though they were cut off. |
| Psa. 58:8 |
[Let them be] like a snail that melts and goes away, / [Like] a woman's miscarriage, which by no means sees the sun. |
| Psa. 58:9 |
Before your pots can feel [the fire of] the thorns, / Whether green or burning, He will sweep them away. |
| Psa. 58:10 |
The righteous man will rejoice when he sees vengeance; / He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| Psa. 58:11 |
And men will say, Indeed there is fruit for the righteous man; / Indeed there is a God who judges on earth. |