Psalms 58 — ASV

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam.

58Verse 1Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness?
Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
^{Verse 2}Nay, in heart ye work wickedness;
Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
^{Verse 3}The wicked are estranged from the womb:
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
^{Verse 4}Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
^{Verse 5}Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers,
Charming never so wisely.
^{Verse 6}Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth:
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
^{Verse 7}Let them melt away as water that runneth apace:
When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
^{Verse 8}Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away,
Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
^{Verse 9}Before your pots can feel the thorns,
He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
^{Verse 10}The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance:
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
^{Verse 11}So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.