Psalm 58 ISV NIV Parallel

◄ Psalm 58 ►

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1How is it that by remaining silent you can speak righteously? How can you judge people fairly?

1For the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?

2As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!

2No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

3The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth.

3Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

4Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,

4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

5refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmer, the cunning enchanter.

5that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

6God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; LORD, break the fangs of the young lions!

6Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions!

7May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.

7Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.

8May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.

8May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.

9Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns— whether green or ablaze— wrath will sweep them away like a storm.

9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns-- whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away.

10The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.

10The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.

11A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth."

11Then people will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."