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Psalm 58 New American Standard Bible
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A <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Mikhtam of David.</p><p class="psstart"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Do you indeed<MH552> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>speak<MH1696> righteousness<MH6664>, you <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>gods<MH410>? <t><p class="indent1">Do you judge<MH8199> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>fairly<MH4339>, you sons<MH1121> of mankind<MH120>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>No<MH637>, in heart<MH3820> you practice<MH6466> injustice<MH5767b>; <t><p class="indent1">On earth<MH776> you clear<MH6424> a<MH6424> way<MH6424> for the violence<MH2555> of your hands<MH3027>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The wicked<MH7563> have turned<MH2114a> away<MH2114a> from the womb<MH7358>; <t><p class="indent1">These who speak<MH1696> lies<MH3577> go<MH8582> astray<MH8582> from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>birth<MH990>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They have venom<MH2534> like<MH1823> the venom<MH2534> of a serpent<MH5175>; <t><p class="indent1">Like<MH3644> a deaf<MH2795> cobra<MH6620> that stops<MH331> up<MH331> its ear<MH241>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So<MH834> that<MH834> it does not hear<MH8085> the voice<MH6963> of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>charmers<MH3907>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>Or</i> a skillful<MH2449> caster<MH2266> of spells<MH2267>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>God<MH430>, shatter<MH2040> their teeth<MH8127> in their mouth<MH6310>; <t><p class="indent1">Break<MH5422> out<MH5422> the fangs<MH4973> of the young<MH3715> lions<MH3715>, LORD<MH3068>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>May they flow<MH3988b> away like<MH3644> water<MH4325> that runs<MH1980> off<MH1980>; <t><p class="indent1"><i>When</i> he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>aims<MH1869> his arrows<MH2671>, <i>may they be</i> as <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>headless<MH4448d> shafts<MH4448d>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><i>May they be</i> like a snail<MH7642a> which goes<MH1980> along<MH1980> in slime<MH8557>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>Like</i> the miscarriage<MH5309> of a woman<MH802> that never<MH1077> sees<MH2372> the sun<MH8121>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Before<MH2962> your pots<MH5518a> can feel<MH995> <i>the fire of</i> thorns<MH329> <t><p class="indent1">He will sweep<MH8175a> them away<MH8175a> with<MH8175a> a<MH8175a> whirlwind<MH8175a>, the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>green<MH2416a> and the burning<MH2740> alike<MH3644>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The righteous<MH6662> will rejoice<MH8055> when<MH3588> he sees<MH2372> vengeance<MH5359>; <t><p class="indent1">He will wash<MH7364> his feet<MH6471> in the blood<MH1818> of the wicked<MH7563>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/58-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And people<MH120> will say<MH559>, “There certainly<MH389> is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>a reward<MH6529> for the righteous<MH6662>; <t><p class="indent1">There<MH3426> certainly<MH389> is<MH3426> a God<MH430> who judges<MH8199> on the earth<MH776>!”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse"><FNC>PSALM 58<FNV>Title</span> Lit <i>Do Not Destroy</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse"><FNC>PSALM 58<FNV>Title</span> Possibly <i>Epigrammatic Poem</i> or <i>Atonement Psalm</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Another reading is <i>speak righteousness in silence</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>mighty ones;</i> or <i>judges</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>mankind fairly?</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>the womb</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>whisperers</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>bends</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>though they were cut off</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>living</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>fruit</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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