Psalms 58 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 57:1>Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title. <V 57:2>If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men. Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly? For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam. Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?
2 <V 57:3>For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth. No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
3 <V 57:4>Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods. The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies. Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 <V 57:5>Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears, They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 <V 57:6>who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely. so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter. that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.
6 <V 57:7>God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions. O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD! Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions!
7 <V 57:8>They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened. Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted. Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
8 <V 57:9>Like wax that flows, they will be carried away. Fire has fallen upon them, and they will not see the sun. Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun. May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.
9 <V 57:10>Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage. Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away! Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
10 <V 57:11>The just one will rejoice when he sees vindication. He will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 <V 57:12>And man will say, “If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth.” Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.” Then people will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”
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