58:1 Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
58:1 {For the choir director; [set to] Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.} Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

58:2 Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
58:2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.

58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.

58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: (They are) like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
58:4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

58:5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.
58:5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, [Or] a skillful caster of spells.

58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
58:6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.

58:7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
58:7 Let them flow away like water that runs off; [When] he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.

58:8 (Let them be) as a snail which melteth and passeth away, (Like) the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
58:8 [Let them be] as a snail which melts away as it goes along, [Like] the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.

58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
58:9 Before your pots can feel [the fire of] thorns, He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
58:10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

58:11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
58:11 And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!"