The Just Judgment of the Wicked
To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.
58 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?
Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?
2 No, in heart you work wickedness;
You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 (A)The wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 (B)Their poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 Which will not (C)heed the voice of charmers,
Charming ever so skillfully.
6 (D)Break[b] their teeth in their mouth, O God!
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7 (E)Let them flow away as waters which run continually;
When he bends his bow,
Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.
8 Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,
(F)Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your (G)pots can feel the burning thorns,
He shall take them away (H)as with a whirlwind,
As in His living and burning wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the (I)vengeance;
(J)He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 (K)So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who (L)judges in the earth.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 58:1 Heb. Al Tashcheth
- Psalm 58:6 Break away
Cross references
- Psalm 58:3 : [Ps. 53:3; Is. 48:8]
- Psalm 58:4 : Eccl. 10:11
- Psalm 58:5 : Jer. 8:17
- Psalm 58:6 : Job 4:10
- Psalm 58:7 : Josh. 2:11; 7:5; Ps. 112:10; Is. 13:7; Ezek. 21:7
- Psalm 58:8 : Job 3:16
- Psalm 58:9 : Ps. 118:12; Eccl. 7:6
- Psalm 58:9 : Job 27:21; Prov. 10:25
- Psalm 58:10 : [Deut. 32:43]; Jer. 11:20
- Psalm 58:10 : Ps. 68:23
- Psalm 58:11 : Ps. 92:15; Prov. 11:18; [2 Cor. 5:10]
- Psalm 58:11 : Ps. 50:6; 75:7