Psalm 58 — Legacy Standard Bible

There Is a God Who Judges on Earth

For the choir director. ¹Al-tashheth. Of David. A ²Mikhtam.

Do you indeed ³speak righteousness, O ⁴gods?Do you ^ajudge ⁵with equity, O sons of men?²No, in heart you ^awork unrighteousness;On earth you ¹^,^bprepare a path for the violence of your hands.³The wicked are estranged ^afrom the womb;These who speak falsehood ^bwander in error from ¹birth.⁴They have venom like the ^avenom of a serpent;Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,⁵So that it ^adoes not hear the voice of ¹^,^bcharmers,Or a skillful caster of spells.⁶O God, ^ashatter their teeth in their mouth;Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Yahweh.⁷Let them ^aflow away like water that runs off;When he ¹^,^baims his arrows, let them be as ²headless shafts.⁸Let them be as a snail which ¹melts away as it goes along,Like the ^amiscarriages of a woman which never behold the sun.⁹Before your ^apots can feel the fire of thornsHe will ^bsweep them away with a whirlwind, the living and the burning alike.¹⁰The ^arighteous will be glad when he ^bbeholds the vengeance;He will ^cwash his feet in the blood of the wicked.¹¹And men will say, “Surely there is a ¹^,^areward for the righteous;Surely there is a God who ^bjudges ²on earth!”