Psalms
Ps 58
Berean Standard Bible, with the Westminster Leningrad Codex beneath the selected verse, with the Westminster Leningrad Codex beneath every verse. Team packages so far: John 1:1–18, Rom 1:1–32, Rom 2:1–29, Rom 3:1–31, Rom 4:1–25, Rom 5:1–21, Rom 6:1–23, Rom 7:1–25, Rom 8:1–39.
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For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? (MT 58:2; LXX 57:1; LXX 57:2; Rahlfs 57:1; Rahlfs 57:2)
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵ֗ת לְדָוִ֥ד מִכְתָּֽם׃
2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth. (MT 58:3; LXX 57:3; Rahlfs 57:3)
הַֽאֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃
3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth. (MT 58:4; LXX 57:4; Rahlfs 57:4)
אַף־בְּלֵב֮ עוֹלֹ֪ת תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּן בָּאָ֡רֶץ חֲמַ֥ס יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗ם תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃
4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears, (MT 58:5; LXX 57:5; Rahlfs 57:5)
זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃
5refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell. (MT 58:6; LXX 57:6; Rahlfs 57:6)
חֲמַת־לָ֗מוֹ כִּדְמ֥וּת חֲמַת־נָחָ֑שׁ כְּמוֹ־פֶ֥תֶן חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ יַאְטֵ֥ם אָזְנֽוֹ׃
6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O Lord, tear out the fangs of the lions. (MT 58:7; LXX 57:7; Rahlfs 57:7)
אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יִ֭שְׁמַע לְק֣וֹל מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים חוֹבֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣ים מְחֻכָּֽם׃
7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted. (MT 58:8; LXX 57:8; Rahlfs 57:8)
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ בְּפִ֑ימוֹ מַלְתְּע֥וֹת כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים נְתֹ֣ץ ׀ יְהוָֽה׃
8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun. (MT 58:9; LXX 57:9; Rahlfs 57:9)
יִמָּאֲס֣וּ כְמוֹ־מַ֭יִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָ֑מוֹ יִדְרֹ֥ךְ חצו כְּמ֣וֹ יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃
9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away. (MT 58:10; LXX 57:10; Rahlfs 57:10)
כְּמ֣וֹ שַׁ֭בְּלוּל תֶּ֣מֶס יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ נֵ֥פֶל אֵ֝֗שֶׁת בַּל־חָ֥זוּ שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃
10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. (MT 58:11; LXX 57:11; Rahlfs 57:11)
בְּטֶ֤רֶם יָבִ֣ינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמוֹ־חַ֥י כְּמוֹ־חָ֝ר֗וֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃
11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!” (MT 58:12; LXX 57:12; Rahlfs 57:12)
יִשְׂמַ֣ח צַ֭דִּיק כִּי־חָזָ֣ה נָקָ֑ם פְּעָמָ֥יו יִ֝רְחַ֗ץ בְּדַ֣ם הָרָשָֽׁע׃