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Open English Translation PSA Chapter 58

PSA 58 ©

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Literal Version

58 For the musical director: a song[fn] by David. To be sung to the tune of ‘Don’t destroy’.

58When you rulers speak, do you actually say what is right?

Do you give justice, you people?

2No, you plan wicked schemes in your mind.

You use your hands to distribute violence throughout the land.

3From the womb, the wicked turn from what’s right.

They go astray from birth, speaking lies.

4Their poison is like snake venom.

They’re like a deaf cobra that blocks its own ears

5then pays no attention to the snake-charmer’s voice

no matter how skillful they are.

6Break their teeth in their mouths, God.

Yahweh, break off the fangs of the young lions.

7Let them melt away like water.

When they shoot their arrows, let them be as though they were cut in half.

8Let them be like a snail that quietly disappears.

Like a woman’s still-born child that never sees the sunlight.

9Before your pots can feel the heat of the burning thorn twigs,

he’ll sweep the branches away.

10The godly people will celebrate when they see God’s vengeance.

They’ll wash their feet in the blood of the wicked

11so that people will say, “There’s definitely a reward for the righteous person.

Truly there is a God who judges the world.”


58:0 In Hebrew, ‘miktam’ is perhaps the name of this class of song.

58For_the_director al- tashcheth of_Dāvid a_miktam.
2[fn] indeed silence righteousness speak uprightness(es) do_you_all_judge the_children_of humankind.
3[fn] also in/on/at/with_heart injustice(s) devise on_the_earth the_violence_of hands_of_your_all’s weigh_out.
4[fn] they_turn_aside wicked_people from_womb they_go_astray from_birth those_who_speak_of (of)_falsehood.
5[fn] venom_of their_they like_likeness_of the_venom_of a_snake like a_cobra deaf which_it_shuts ear_of_its.
6[fn] which not it_listens to_sound/voice charmers one_who_throws_of spells skillful.
7[fn] Oh_god break_away teeth_of_their in/on/at/with_mouths_of_their the_teeth_of young_lions break_off Oh_YHWH.
8[fn] may_they_flow like waters which_they_go_about of_themselves may_he_bend arrows_of_his[fn] like let_them_be_cut_off.
9[fn] like a_snail_of which_melting_away it_goes a_miscarriage_of a_woman_of (of)_which_not they_have_seen the_sun.
10[fn] in/on/at/with_before they_will_perceive pots_of_your_all’s a_thorn_bush like alive like burning sweep_away_them.
11[fn] he_will_rejoice the_righteous if/because he_has_seen vengeance feet_of_his he_will_bathe in/on/at/with_blood_of the_wicked.

PSA 58 ©

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