Psalms 58
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
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?
2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
2(58-3) Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
3(58-4) The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
4(58-5) Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
5(58-6) Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD .
6(58-7) Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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.
8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
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.
9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
9(58-10) Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
10(58-11) The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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.'
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