Psalm 58 58 Psalms Book 2 Revised Version God Judges the Earth 1 RV For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? BSB BSB: 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?
2 RV Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. BSB BSB: No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
3 RV The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. BSB BSB: The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
4 RV Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; BSB BSB: Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
5 RV Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. BSB BSB: refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
6 RV Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. BSB BSB: O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
7 RV Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. BSB BSB: May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
8 RV Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.BSB BSB: Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9 RV Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. BSB BSB: Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
10 RV The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. BSB BSB: The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 RV So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. BSB BSB: 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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