Psalms
Psalms 58
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Psalms 58 — Scripture text (King James Version)
To the chief Musician5329, Altaschith516, Michtam4387 of 1732. Do ye indeed552 speak1696 6664, O congregation482? do ye judge8199 uprightly4339, O ye sons1121 of men120? Altaschith: or, Destroy not, A golden Psalm of Yea, in heart3820 ye work6466 wickedness5766; ye weigh6424 the violence2555 of your hands3027 in the earth776. The wicked7563 are estranged2114 from the womb7358: they go astray8582 as soon as they be born990, speaking1696 lies3577. as soon: Heb. from the belly Their poison2534 is like1823 the poison2534 of a 5175: they are like the deaf2795 adder6620 that stoppeth331 her ear241; like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc adder: or, asp Which will not hearken8085 to the voice6963 of charmers3907, charming2266 2267 never so wisely2449. charming: or, be the charmer never so cunning Break2040 their teeth8127, O God430, in their mouth6310: break out5422 the great teeth4459 of the young lions3715, O LORD3068. Let them melt away3988 as waters4325 which run continually1980: when he bendeth1869 his bow to shoot his arrows2671, let them be as cut in pieces4135. As a snail7642 which melteth8557, let every one of them pass away1980: like the untimely birth5309 of a woman802, that they may not see2372 the sun8121. Before your pots5518 can feel995 the thorns329, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind8175, both living2416, and in his wrath2740. both: Heb. as living as wrath The righteous6662 shall rejoice8055 when he seeth2372 the vengeance5359: he shall wash7364 his feet6471 in the blood1818 of the wicked7563. So that a man120 shall say559, Verily there is a reward6529 for the righteous6662: verily he is3426 a God430 that judgeth8199 in the earth776. a reward: Heb. fruit of the, etc