Revised Version 1895

Psalms 58

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam.

1Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

5Whichכִּדְמ֥וּתkid.MutH1823hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charming neversoכְּמוֹ־ke.mov-H3644wisely.

6Break their teeth, OGodלֹא־lo'-H3808, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

8Letיִתְהַלְּכוּ־yit.ha.le.khu-H1980them be as a snailwhichH4325melteth and passethawayיַהֲלֹ֑ךְya.ha.LokhH1980: like the untimely birth of a woman, that hathnotH4325seen the sun.

9Before your potscanH1980feel the thorns, he shalltakeH1980themawayH1980with a whirlwind, the green and the burningalikeH3644.

10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11Soכִּי־ki-H3588thatmenהָרָשָֽׁע׃ha.ra.Sha'H7563shall say, Verily there is a reward for therighteousH6662: verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Commentaries on Psalms 58

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain