Psa 58:1
For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam.
Do you indeed H552 [fn]speak H1696 righteousness H6664, O [fn]gods H410?
Do you judge H8199 [fn]with equity H4339, O sons H1121 of men H120?
Psa 58:2
No H637, in heart H3820 you work H6466 unrighteousness H5766;
On earth H776 you [fn]prepare H6424 a H6424 path H6424 for the violence H2555 of your hands H3027.
Psa 58:3
The wicked H7563 are estranged H2114 from the womb H7358;
These who speak H1696 falsehood H3577 wander H8582 in error H8582 from [fn]birth H990.
Psa 58:4
They have venom H2534 like H1823 the venom H2534 of a serpent H5175;
Like H3644 a deaf H2795 cobra H6620 that stops H331 up H331 its ear H241,
Psa 58:5
So H834 that H834 it does not hear H8085 the voice H6963 of [fn]charmers H3907,
Or a skillful H2449 caster H2266 of spells H2267.
Psa 58:6
O God H430, shatter H2040 their teeth H8127 in their mouth H6310;
Break H5422 out H5422 the fangs H4973 of the young H3715 lions H3715, O Yahweh H3068.
Psa 58:7
Let them flow H3988 away like H3644 water H4325 that runs H1980 off H1980;
When he [fn]aims H1869 his arrows H2671, let them be as [fn]headless H4135 shafts H4135.
Psa 58:8
Let them be as a snail H7642 which [fn]melts H8557 away H8557 as it goes H1980 along,
Like the miscarriages H5309 of a woman H802 which never H1077 behold H2372 the sun H8121.
Psa 58:9
Before H2962 your pots H5518 can feel H995 the fire of thorns H329
He will sweep H8175 them away H8175 with H8175 a H8175 whirlwind H8175, the living H2416 and the burning H2740 alike H3644.
Psa 58:10
The righteous H6662 will be glad H8055 when H3588 he beholds H2372 the vengeance H5359;
He will wash H7364 his feet H6471 in the blood H1818 of the wicked H7563.
Psa 58:11
And men H120 will say H559, “Surely H389 there is a [fn]reward H6529 for the righteous H6662;
Surely H389 there H3426 is H3426 a God H430 who judges H8199 [fn]on earth H776!”
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