1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

Psalms 58

1 David reproveth wicked judges, 3 describeth the nature of the wicked, 6 devoteth them to God's judgments, 10 whereat the righteous shall rejoice.

 58:1 ¶ [[To the Chief Musician. "Do not Destroy." A precious Psalm, of David.]] Are ye, indeed, silent [when] righteousness, ye should speak? When, with equity, ye should judge, O ye sons of men?

 58:2 Aye! ye all do work, perversity,—Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!

 58:3 Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;

 58:4 Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear;

 58:5 That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.

 58:6 ¶ O God! break away their teeth in their mouth, The biters of the young lions, knock thou out, O Yahweh!

 58:7 Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like [grass] let them be cut down:

 58:8 Like a snail, which melteth away as it goeth, An untimely birth of a woman, which hath not seen the sun:

 58:9 Before your kettles can perceive the [kindled] bramble, Be he green or be he withered, he shall be swept away.

 58:10 The righteous man will rejoice when he hath seen an avenging, His feet, will he bathe in the blood of the lawless one:—

 58:11 So that a son of earth may say—Surely there is fruit for the righteous man! Surely there are gods who judge in the earth!