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</li> <li class="tabItem marginal" data-related-content="studyMarginals" aria-label="marginal"> <span class="icon"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="navigationContents"> <div id="studyDiscover" class="studyPane active tabContent"> <div class="section"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui"><strong>Psalms Outline</strong></span></h3><div class="summaryOutline"><ul class="content"><li class='scalableui'><ul class="outline"><li class="L1 chapterNo"><ul><li class="L2"><p>There is a God who judges the earth</p><ul><li class="L3"><p>Prayer to punish the wicked <span class="altsize">(</span><a class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/58#h=1257:0-1262:0"><span class="altsize">6-8</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-58-0" data-section-citation="019058000019058000"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 58:superscription</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-366"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3713" data-pid="3713">See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/34/0">Glossary</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-58-1" data-section-citation="019058001019058001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 58:1</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/58/1118" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1119"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ch 19:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1119" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1119" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/58/1119" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1120"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 82:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1120" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1120" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-58-2" data-section-citation="019058002019058002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 58:2</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/58/1120" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1121"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ec 3:16; Mic 3:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1121" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1121" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/58/1121" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1122"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ec 5:8; Isa 10:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1122" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1122" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-58-3" data-section-citation="019058003019058003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 58:3</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-367"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3714" data-pid="3714">Or “are corrupt.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-368"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3715" data-pid="3715">Lit., “from the womb.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p990" data-pid="990" class="se"></p> <div id="p991" data-pid="991"><p data-pid="991" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/853/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="991" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/853/0">6/1/2006, p. 10</a></p> </div><p id="p992" data-pid="992" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p371" data-pid="371" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/369/0">w06 6/1 10</a></p> <p id="p372" data-pid="372" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-58-4" data-section-citation="019058004019058004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 58:4</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/58/1122" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1123"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 140:3; Jas 3:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1123" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1123" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p992" data-pid="992" class="se"></p> <p id="p993" data-pid="993" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/854/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 428,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/855/0"> 485-486</a></p> <div id="p994" data-pid="994"><p data-pid="994" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/856/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="994" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/856/0">6/1/2006, p. 10</a></p><p data-pid="994" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/857/0">10/15/1986, p. 30</a></p> </div><div id="p995" data-pid="995"><p data-pid="995" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/858/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="995" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/858/0">7/22/1993, p. 31</a></p> </div><p id="p996" data-pid="996" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p372" data-pid="372" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/370/0">it-1 428,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/370/2"> 485-486;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/370/4"> w06 6/1 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/370/6"> g93 7/22 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/370/8"> w86 10/15 30;</a></p> <p id="p373" data-pid="373" class="sx"></p> <p id="p542" data-pid="542" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/540/0">Rbi8 1583;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/540/1"> w82 5/1 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/540/3"> ad 307,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/540/4"> 362;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/540/5"> w69 543;</a><span class="ni"> g54 5/22 20;</span><span class="ni"> w42 189</span></p> <p id="p543" data-pid="543" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-58-5" data-section-citation="019058005019058005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 58:5</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item 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class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/371/0">it-1 428,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/371/2"> 485-486;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/371/4"> w06 6/1 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/371/6"> g93 7/22 31;</a></p> <p id="p374" data-pid="374" class="sx"></p> <p id="p543" data-pid="543" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/541/0">Rbi8 1583;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/541/1"> w82 5/1 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/541/3"> g75 6/8 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/541/5"> ad 307,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/541/6"> 362;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/541/7"> w69 543;</a><span class="ni"> g54 5/22 20</span></p> <p id="p544" data-pid="544" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-58-6" data-section-citation="019058006019058006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 58:6</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div 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</nav> </div> </div> <div id="documentCitationInformation"> <div>New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)</div> <div>Psalm 58:1-11</div> </div> <div id="content" class="content"> <div class="articlePositioner" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> <div id="banner" class="documentBanner showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> </div> <article id="article" class="article bible html5 pub-nwtsty jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>Psalm</h1> </header> <p id="p1250" data-pid="1250" class="sw"><span id="v19-58-0-1" class="v">To the director; set to “Do Not Bring to Ruin.” Of David. Mikʹtam.<a id="footnotesource366" data-fnid="366" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/365">*</a></span></p> <p id="p1251" data-pid="1251" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14833" class="cl vp"><strong>58</strong> </a>Can you speak about righteousness when you are silent?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1118" data-bid="1119-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p1252" data-pid="1252" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-1-2" class="v">Can you judge in uprightness, you sons of men?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1119" data-bid="1120-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p1253" data-pid="1253"><p data-pid="1253" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-2-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14834" class="vl vp">2 </a>Instead, you devise unrighteousness in your heart,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1120" data-bid="1121-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1253" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-2-2" class="v">And your hands dispense violence in the land.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1121" data-bid="1122-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p1254" data-pid="1254"><p data-pid="1254" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-3-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14835" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>The wicked go astray<a id="footnotesource367" data-fnid="367" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/366">*</a> from birth;<a id="footnotesource368" data-fnid="368" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/367">*</a></span></p><p data-pid="1254" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-3-2" class="v">They are wayward, liars from the time they are born.</span></p> </div><div id="p1255" data-pid="1255"><p data-pid="1255" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-4-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14836" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>Their venom is like the venom of serpents;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1122" data-bid="1123-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1255" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-4-2" class="v">They are deaf like the cobra that stops up its ear.</span></p> </div><div id="p1256" data-pid="1256"><p data-pid="1256" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-5-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14837" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>It will not listen to the voice of charmers,</span></p><p data-pid="1256" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-5-2" class="v">No matter how skillful their spells.</span></p> </div><p id="p1257" data-pid="1257" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-6-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14838" class="vl vp">6 </a>O God, knock the teeth out of their mouth!</span></p> <p id="p1258" data-pid="1258" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-6-2" class="v">Break the jaws of these lions,<a id="footnotesource369" data-fnid="369" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/368">*</a> O Jehovah!</span></p> <p id="p1259" data-pid="1259" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-7-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14839" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>May they disappear like waters that drain away.</span></p> <p id="p1260" data-pid="1260" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-7-2" class="v">May He bend his bow and make them fall by his arrows.</span></p> <div id="p1261" data-pid="1261"><p data-pid="1261" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-8-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14840" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>May they be like a snail that melts away as it moves along;</span></p><p data-pid="1261" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-8-2" class="v">Like a woman’s stillborn child who never sees the sun.</span></p> </div><div id="p1262" data-pid="1262"><p data-pid="1262" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-9-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14841" class="vl vp">9 </a>Before your cooking pots feel the heat of the bramble,</span></p><p data-pid="1262" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-9-2" class="v">He will sweep away both the moist and the burning twig, as in a storm wind.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1123" data-bid="1124-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p1263" data-pid="1263"><p data-pid="1263" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14842" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>The righteous one will rejoice because he has seen the vengeance;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1124" data-bid="1125-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1263" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-10-2" class="v">His feet will be drenched with the blood of the wicked.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1125" data-bid="1126-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><p id="p1264" data-pid="1264" class="sl"><span id="v19-58-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/14843" class="vl vp">11 </a>Then men will say: “Surely there is a reward for the righteous.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1126" data-bid="1127-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p1265" data-pid="1265" class="sz"><span id="v19-58-11-2" class="v">There is indeed a God who judges in the earth.”<a 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