Psalms 58

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵ֗ת לְדָוִ֥ד מִכְתָּֽם׃

הַֽאֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

אַף־בְּלֵב֮ עוֹלֹ֪ת תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּן בָּאָ֡רֶץ חֲמַ֥ס יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗ם תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃

No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

חֲמַת־לָ֗מוֹ כִּדְמ֥וּת חֲמַת־נָחָ֑שׁ כְּמוֹ־פֶ֥תֶן חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ יַאְטֵ֥ם אָזְנֽוֹ׃

Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יִ֭שְׁמַע לְק֣וֹל מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים חוֹבֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣ים מְחֻכָּֽם׃

refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ בְּפִ֑ימוֹ מַלְתְּע֥וֹת כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים נְתֹ֣ץ ׀ יְהוָֽה׃

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

יִמָּאֲס֣וּ כְמוֹ־מַ֭יִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָ֑מוֹ יִדְרֹ֥ךְ (חצו) [חִ֝צָּ֗יו] כְּמ֣וֹ יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃

May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

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.

כְּמ֣וֹ שַׁ֭בְּלוּל תֶּ֣מֶס יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ נֵ֥פֶל אֵ֝֗שֶׁת בַּל־חָ֥זוּ שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

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.

בְּטֶ֤רֶם יָבִ֣ינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמוֹ־חַ֥י כְּמוֹ־חָ֝ר֗וֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

יִשְׂמַ֣ח צַ֭דִּיק כִּי־חָזָ֣ה נָקָ֑ם פְּעָמָ֥יו יִ֝רְחַ֗ץ בְּדַ֣ם הָרָשָֽׁע׃

The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

וְיֹאמַ֣ר אָ֭דָם אַךְ־פְּרִ֣י לַצַּדִּ֑יק אַ֥ךְ יֵשׁ־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים שֹׁפְטִ֥ים בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.