1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?58.1 Al-taschith…: or, Destroy not58.1 Michtam: or, A golden Psalm
2Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?58.1 Al-taschith…: or, Destroy not58.1 Michtam: or, A golden Psalm
3Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
4Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
5The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.58.3 as soon…: Heb. from the belly
6The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.58.3 as soon…: Heb. from the belly
7Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;58.4 like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc58.4 adder: or, asp
8Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;58.4 like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc58.4 adder: or, asp
9Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.58.5 charming…: or, be the charmer never so cunning
10Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.58.5 charming…: or, be the charmer never so cunning
11Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
12Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
13Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
14Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
15As 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.
16As 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.
17Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.58.9 both…: Heb. as living as wrath
18Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.58.9 both…: Heb. as living as wrath
19The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
20The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
21So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.58.11 a reward…: Heb. fruit of the, etc
22So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.58.11 a reward…: Heb. fruit of the, etc