Psalms 58
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you 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.
2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.
2Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.
3The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
3Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
4Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
4For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:
5which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
5Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps.
6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, 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.
7Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
7They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
8Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has 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?
9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
9But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees 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:
11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
11My God, his mercy shall prevent me.
no verse 12 in this text
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:
no verse 13 in this text
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,
no verse 14 in this text
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.
no verse 15 in this text
15They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
no verse 16 in this text
16They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they be not filled.
no verse 17 in this text
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.
no verse 18 in this text
18Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy.
Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.