PSALM 58
To the chief Musician, Altaschitha,
Michtam of David.
1 Do ye
indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of
men? 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 be born, speaking lies. 4 Their
poison is like the poisonb of a serpent: they are like
the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not
hearken to the voice of charmers, charmingc never so wisely.
6Break
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. 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 rewardd for the
righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
The Holy Bible
King James Version
The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
a
Altaschith...: or, Destroy not, A golden Psalm of David
b
like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc
c
charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning
d
a reward...: Heb. fruit of the, etc
