Psalms 58
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1(58-1) For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam. (58-2) Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?
1Unto the end, destroy not, for David for an inscription of It title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him.
2(58-3) Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
2Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.
3(58-4) The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
3Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
4(58-5) Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
4For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:
5(58-6) Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
5Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps.
6(58-7) Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
6Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity.
7(58-8) Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
7They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
8(58-9) Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.
8Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?
9(58-10) Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
9But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.
10(58-11) The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
10I will keep my strength to thee: for thou art my protector:
11(58-12) And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'
11My God, his mercy shall prevent me.
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12God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my protector:
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13For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of,
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14When they are consumed: when they are consumed by thy wrath, and they shall be no more. And they shall know that God will rule Jacob, and all the ends of the earth.
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15They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
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16They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they be not filled.
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17But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and my refuge, in the day of my trouble.
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18Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy.
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