Psalms 58

1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

הַאֻמְנָם אֵלֶם צֶדֶק תְּדַבֵּרוּן מֵישָׁרִים תִּשְׁפְּטוּ בְּנֵי אָדָם׃ (2565)

2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

אַף־בְּלֵב עֹולֹת תִּפְעָלוּן בָּאָרֶץ חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסוּן׃ (2368)

3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִים מֵרָחֶם תָּעוּ מִבֶּטֶן דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב׃ (1943)

4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

חֲמַת־לָמֹו כִּדְמוּת חֲמַת־נָחָשׁ כְּמֹו־פֶתֶן חֵרֵשׁ יַאְטֵם אָזְנֹו׃ (3028)

5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִשְׁמַע לְקֹול מְלַחֲשִׁים חֹובֵר חֲבָרִים מְחֻכָּם׃ (2130)

6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

אֱ‍לֹהִים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּימֹו בְּפִימֹו מַלְתְּעֹות כְּפִירִים נְתֹץ ׀ יְהוָה׃ (2767)

7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

יִמָּאֲסוּ כְמֹו־מַיִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָמֹו יִדְרֹךְ [חִצֹּו כ] (חִצָּיו ק) כְּמֹו יִתְמֹלָלוּ׃ (1974)

8As 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.

כְּמֹו בְּלוּל תֶּמֶס יַהֲלֹךְ נֵפֶל אֵשֶׁת בַּל־חָזוּ שָׁמֶשׁ׃ (2253)

9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

בְּטֶרֶם יָבִינוּ סִּירֹתֵיכֶם אָטָד כְּמֹו־חַי כְּמֹו־חָרֹון יִשְׂעָרֶנּוּ׃ (2133)

10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

יִשְׂמַח צַדִּיק כִּי־חָזָה נָקָם פְּעָמָיו יִרְחַץ בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע׃ (1937)

11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

וְיֹאמַר אָדָם אַךְ־פְּרִי לַצַּדִּיק אַךְ יֵשׁ־אֱלֹהִים שֹׁפְטִים בָּאָרֶץ׃ (1996)