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!"