Psa 58 | RWebs | STEP | To the chief Musician , Altaschith , Michtam of David . Do ye indeed speak righteousness , O congregation ? do ye judge uprightly , O ye sons of men ?

Psalms 58

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? ^{▼▼Altaschith...: or, Destroy not
,} ^{▼▼Michtam: or, A golden Psalm} 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. ^{▼▼as soon...: Heb. from the belly} 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; ^{▼▼like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc
,} ^{▼▼adder: or, asp} 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. ^{▼▼charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning}

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. 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. 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. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. ^{▼▼both...: Heb. as living as wrath} 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 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. ^{▼▼a reward...: Heb. fruit of the, etc}