Psalm 58

Revised Geneva Translation

58 Is it true? O congregation, do you speak justly? O sons of men, do you judge uprightly?

² Indeed, rather, you imagine mischief in your heart. Your hands execute cruelty upon the Earth.

³ The wicked are strangers from the womb. From the belly, they have erred and speak lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; like the deaf adder that stops its ear

⁵ It does not hear the voice of the enchanter (though he is most expert in charming).

⁶ Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths. Break the jaws of the young lions, O LORD.

⁷ Let them melt like the waters. Let them pass away. When he shoots his arrows, let them be broken.

⁸ Let them proceed as a snail that melts, and like the stillborn child of a woman who has not seen the Sun.

⁹ Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns, let Him carry them away as green, with a whirlwind, in His wrath.

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

¹¹ And men shall say, “Truly, there is fruit for the righteous. Doubtless, there is a God Who judges on the Earth.” To him who excels: Do not destroy. A Psalm of David on Michtam, when Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him