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Psalms 58
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[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? Altaschith...: or, Destroy not Michtam: or, A golden Psalm
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
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Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
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The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. as soon...: Heb. from the belly
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
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Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc adder: or, asp
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning
Which doesn`t listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.
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Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
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Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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As 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.
Let them be as a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. both...: Heb. as living as wrath
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep away, the green and the burning alike.
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The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
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So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. a reward...: Heb. fruit of the, etc
So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth." Psalm 59 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.