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Psalms 58

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBFor the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
    KJVTo the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
  2. 2
    WEBNo, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.
    KJVYea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
  3. 3
    WEBThe wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
    KJVThe wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
  4. 4
    WEBTheir poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
    KJVTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
  5. 5
    WEBwhich doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
    KJVWhich will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
  6. 6
    WEBBreak their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
    KJVBreak their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
  7. 7
    WEBLet them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
    KJVLet them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
  8. 8
    WEBLet them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
    KJVAs 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.
  9. 9
    WEBBefore your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
    KJVBefore your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
  10. 10
    WEBThe righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
    KJVThe righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
  11. 11
    WEBso that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
    KJVSo that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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