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  58:1 ¶
[[For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam.]] Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? |
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58:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician,ºº
Altaschith,ºº
Michtamº
of David.]]º
Do ye indeedº
speakºº
righteousness,º
O congregation?º
do ye judgeºº
uprightly,º
O ye sonsº
of men?º |
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58:2
Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. |
58:2
Yea,º
in heartº
ye workºº
wickedness;º
ye weighºº
the violenceº
of your handsº
in the earth.º |
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58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. |
58:3
The wickedº
are estrangedºº
from the womb:ºº
they go astrayºº
as soon as they be born,ºº
speakingºº
lies.º |
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58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, |
58:4
Their poisonº
[is] likeº
the poisonº
of a serpent:º
[they are] likeº
the deafº
adderº
[that] stoppethºº
her ear;º |
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58:5
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely. |
58:5
Whichº
will notº
hearkenºº
to the voiceº
of charmers,ºº
charmingººº
never so wisely.ºº |
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58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. |
58:6
Breakºº
their teeth,º
O God,º
in their mouth:º
break outºº
the great teethº
of the young lions,º
O LORD.º |
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58:7
Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. |
58:7
Let them melt awayºº
asº
watersº
[which] runº
continually:ºº
[when] he bendethºº
[his bow to shoot] his arrows,º
let them be asº
cut in pieces.ºº |
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58:8
[Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun. |
58:8
Asº
a snailº
[which] melteth,º
let [every one of them] pass away:ºº
[like] the untimely birthº
of a woman,º
[that] they may notº
seeºº
the sun.º |
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58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. |
58:9
Beforeº
your potsº
can feelºº
the thorns,º
he shall take them away as with a whirlwind,ºº
bothº
living,º
and inº
[his] wrath.º |
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58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; |
58:10
The righteousº
shall rejoiceºº
whenº
he seethºº
the vengeance:º
he shall washºº
his feetº
in the bloodº
of the wicked.º |
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58:11
So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. |
58:11
So that a manº
shall say,ºº
Verilyº
[there is] a rewardº
for the righteous:º
verilyº
he isº
a Godº
that judgethºº
in the earth.º |
