KJB-1611 PSA Chapter 58

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P S A L. LVIII.

1 Dauid reprooueth wicked Iudges, 3 Describeth the nature of the wicked, 6 Deuoteth them to Gods iudgements, 10 whereat the righteous shall reioyce.

¶ To the chiefe musician Al-taschith, Michtam of Dauid.

LVIII ¶ Doe yee indeed speake righteousnesse, O congregation? doe ye iudge vprightly, O ye sonnes of men? 2 Yea, in heart you worke wickednesse; you waigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 [fn]The wicked are estranged from the wombe, they goe astray as soone as they be borne, speaking lies. 4 [fn][fn]Their poison is like the poyson of a serpent; they are like the deafe adder that stoppeth her eare: 5 [fn]Which will not hearken to the voyce of charmers, charming neuer so wisely. 6 Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouth: breake out the great teeth of the young lyons, O LORD. 7 Let them melt away as waters, which runne continually: When he bendeth his bow to shoote his arrowes, let them be as cut in pieces. 8 As a snaile which melteth, let euery one of them passe away: like the vntimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sunne. 9 [fn]Before your pots can feele the thornes, he shall take them away as with a whirlewind, both liuing, and in his wrath. 10 The righteous shall reioyce when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feete in the blood of the wicked. 11 [fn]So that a man shall say, Uerily there is a reward for the righteous: verily hee is a God that iudgeth in the earth.

58:3 Heb. from the belly.

58:4 Heb. according to the likenesse.

58:4 Or, aspe.

58:5 Or, be the charmest neuer so cunning.

58:9 Heb. as liuing, as wrath.

58:11 Heb. fruite of the &c.