58:1 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
58:1 {To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.} Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
58:2 Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
58:3 The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
58:4 Their poison {is} like the poison of a serpent: {they are} like the deaf adder {that} stoppeth her ear;
58:4 Their poison {is} like the poison of a serpent: {they are} like the deaf adder {that} stoppeth her ear;
58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
58:7 Let them melt away as waters {which} run continually: {when} he bendeth {his bow to shoot} his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
58:7 Let them melt away as waters {which} run continually: {when} he bendeth {his bow to shoot} his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
58:8 As 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.
58:8 As 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.
58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in {his} wrath.
58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in {his} wrath.
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 shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily {there is} a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily {there is} a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
58:1 {To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.} Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
58:2 Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
58:3 The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
58:4 Their poison {is} like the poison of a serpent: {they are} like the deaf adder {that} stoppeth her ear;
58:4 Their poison {is} like the poison of a serpent: {they are} like the deaf adder {that} stoppeth her ear;
58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
58:7 Let them melt away as waters {which} run continually: {when} he bendeth {his bow to shoot} his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
58:7 Let them melt away as waters {which} run continually: {when} he bendeth {his bow to shoot} his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
58:8 As 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.
58:8 As 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.
58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in {his} wrath.
58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in {his} wrath.
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 shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily {there is} a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily {there is} a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.