Thematic Bible




Psalm 58:1 (show verse)

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?

Psalm 58:2 (show verse)

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

Psalm 58:3 (show verse)

The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

Psalm 58:4 (show verse)

Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

Psalm 58:5 (show verse)

that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.

Psalm 58:6 (show verse)

O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!

Psalm 58:7 (show verse)

Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

Psalm 58:8 (show verse)

Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!

Psalm 58:9 (show verse)

Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

Psalm 58:10 (show verse)

The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalm 58:11 (show verse)

Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!"