Psalm 5858PsalmsBook 2Brenton Septuagint

Brenton SeptuagintBerean Standard Bible

1. God Judges the Earth

2. 1BrentonFor the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial. If ye do indeed speak righteousness, then do ye judge rightly, ye sons of men.BSBBSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
3. 2BrentonFor ye work iniquities in your hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness.BSBBSB: No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
4. 3BrentonSinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.BSBBSB: The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
5. 4BrentonTheir venom is like that of a serpent; as that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;BSBBSB: Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
6. 5Brentonwhich will not hear the voice of charmers, nor heed the charm prepared skilfully by the wise.BSBBSB: refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
7. 6BrentonGod has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions.BSBBSB: O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
8. 7BrentonThey shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail.BSBBSB: May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
9. 8BrentonThey shall be destroyed as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun.BSBBSB: Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
10. 9BrentonBefore your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.BSBBSB: Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
11. 10BrentonThe righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.BSBBSB: The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
12. 11BrentonAnd a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judges them in the earth.BSBBSB: Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

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