 58:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician,ºº
´Al Tašçë±
אַל־תַּשׁחֵת,ºº
Mi¢täm
מִכתָּםº
of
Däwið
דָּוִד.]]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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 58:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician, Al-Tashcheth, Mikhtam of Dawid.]] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? |
 58:2
Yea,º
in heartº
ye workºº
wickedness;º
ye weighºº
the violenceº
of your handsº
in the earth.º |
 58:2
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. |
 58:3
The wickedº
are estrangedºº
from the womb:ºº
they go astrayºº
as soon as they be born,ºº
speakingºº
lies.º |
 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. |
 58:4
Their poisonº
[is] likeº
the poisonº
of a serpent:º
[they are] likeº
the deafº
adderº
[that] stoppethºº
her ear;º |
 58:4
Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear; |
 58:5
Whichº
will notº
hearkenºº
to the voiceº
of charmers,ºº
charmingººº
never so wisely.ºº |
 58:5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. |
 58:6
Breakºº
their teeth,º
O
´Élöhîm
אֱלֹהִים,º
in their mouth:º
break outºº
the great teethº
of the young lions,º
O
Yähwè
יָהוֶה.º |
 58:6
Break their teeth, O Elohim, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Yahweh. |
 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 |
 58:7
Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. |
 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 |
 58:8
As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun. |
 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 |
 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath. |
 58:10
The righteousº
shall rejoiceºº
whenº
he seethºº
the vengeance:º
he shall washºº
his feetº
in the bloodº
of the wicked.º |
 58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
 58:11
So that a manº
shall say,ºº
Verilyº
[there is] a rewardº
for the righteous:º
verilyº
he isº
an
´Élöhîm
אֱלֹהִיםº
that judgethºº
in the earth.º |
 58:11
So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is an Elohim that judgeth in the earth. |