Psalm 58 - NKJV Bible Online

Psalm 58

To the Chief Musician. Set to ¹“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?

Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

No, in heart you work wickedness;

You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

^aThe wicked are estranged from the womb;

They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

^aTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent;

They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

Which will not ^aheed the voice of charmers,

Charming ever so skillfully.

^aBreak¹ their teeth in their mouth, O God!

Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!

^aLet them flow away as waters which run continually;

When he bends his bow,

Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.

Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,

^aLike a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Before your ^apots can feel the burning thorns,

He shall take them away ^bas with a whirlwind,

As in His living and burning wrath.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the ^avengeance;

^bHe shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

^aSo that men will say,

“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;

Surely He is God who ^bjudges in the earth.”