Psalm 58 CSB ISV Parallel

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1Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly?

1How is it that by remaining silent you can speak righteously? How can you judge people fairly?

2No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

2As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!

3The wicked go astray from the womb; liars wander about from birth.

3The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth.

4They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

4Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,

5that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells.

5refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmer, the cunning enchanter.

6God, knock the teeth out of their mouths; LORD, tear out the young lions' fangs.

6God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; LORD, break the fangs of the young lions!

7May they vanish like water that flows by; may they aim their blunted arrows.

7May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.

8Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman's miscarried child, may they not see the sun.

8May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.

9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns--whether green or burning--he will sweep them away.

9Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns— whether green or ablaze— wrath will sweep them away like a storm.

10The righteous one will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

10The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11Then people will say, "Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!"

11A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth."