Thematic Bible
Psalm 58:1 (show verse)
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
Psalm 58:2 (show verse)
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalm 58:3 (show verse)
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Psalm 58:4 (show verse)
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Psalm 58:5 (show verse)
which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
Psalm 58:6 (show verse)
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
Psalm 58:7 (show verse)
Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
Psalm 58:8 (show verse)
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
Psalm 58:9 (show verse)
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
Psalm 58:10 (show verse)
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
Psalm 58:11 (show verse)
so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.