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For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David.

[1] Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
[2] No, in your heart you plot injustice.
You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.
[3] The wicked go astray from the womb.
They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
[4] Their poison is like the poison of a snake,
like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
[5] which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers,
no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
[6] Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
[7] Let them vanish like water that flows away.
When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
[8] Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
[9] Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
[10] The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
[11] so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous.
Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
King James Version

To the chief Musician, H5329 Al-taschith, H516 Michtam H4387 of David. H1732

[1] Do ye indeed H552 speak H1696 righteousness, H6664 O congregation? H482
Do ye judge H8199 uprightly, H4339 O ye sons H1121 of men? H120
[2] Yea, in heart H3820 ye work H6466 wickedness; H5766
Ye weigh H6424 the violence H2555 of your hands H3027 in the earth. H776
[3] The wicked H7563 are estranged H2114 from the womb: H7358
They go astray H8582 as soon as they be born, H990§ speaking H1696 lies. H3577
[4] Their poison H2534 is like H1823 the§ poison H2534 of a serpent: H5175
They are like the deaf H2795 adder H6620§ that stoppeth H331 her ear; H241
[5] Which H834 will not hearken H8085 to the voice H6963 of charmers, H3907
Charming H2266 H2267 never so wisely. H2449§
[6] Break H2040 their teeth, H8127 O God, H430 in their mouth: H6310 Break out H5422 the great teeth H4459 of the young lions, H3715 O Lord. H3068
[7] Let them melt away H3988 as waters H4325 which run continually: H1980 when he bendeth H1869 his bow to shoot his arrows, H2671 let them be as cut in pieces. H4135
[8] As a snail H7642 which melteth, H8557 let every one of them pass away: H1980 Like the untimely birth H5309 of a woman, H802
That they may not see H2372 the sun. H8121
[9] Before your pots H5518 can feel H995 the thorns, H329
He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, H8175 both living, H2416 and in his wrath.§ H2740
[10] The righteous H6662 shall rejoice H8055 when he seeth H2372 the vengeance: H5359
He shall wash H7364 his feet H6471 in the blood H1818 of the wicked. H7563
[11] So that a man H120 shall say, H559 Verily there is a reward H6529 for§ the righteous: H6662
Verily he is H3426 a God H430 that judgeth H8199 in the earth. H776

Footnotes

  1. § 58:3 Heb. from the belly
  2. § 58:4a Heb. according to the likeness
  3. § 58:4b Or, asp
  4. § 58:5 Or, be the charmer never so cunning
  5. § 58:9 Heb. as living, as wrath
  6. § 58:11 Heb. fruit of the etc.
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 τέλος· G5056 μὴ G3361 διαφθείρῃς· G1311 τῷ G3588 Δαυιδ G1138 εἰς G1519 στηλογραφίαν. Εἰ G1487 ἀληθῶς G230 ἄρα G686 δικαιοσύνην G1343 λαλεῖτε; G2980 Εὐθεῖα G2117 κρίνετε, G2919 οἱ G3588 υἱοὶ G5207 τῶν G3588 ἀνθρώπων; G444 [2] ‡Καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 ἐν G1722 καρδίᾳ G2588 ἀνομίας G458 ἐργάζεσθε G2038 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 γῇ, G1093 ἀδικίαν G93 αἱ G3588 χεῖρες G5495 ὑμῶν G5216 συμπλέκουσιν. [3] ‡Ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν G526 οἱ G3588 ἁμαρτωλοὶ G268 ἀπὸ G575 μήτρας, G3388 ἐπλανήθησαν G4105 ἀπὸ G575 γαστρός, G1064 ἐλάλησαν G2980 ψεύδη. G5579 [4] ‡Θυμὸς G2372 αὐτοῖς G846 κατὰ G2596 τὴν G3588 ὁμοίωσιν G3669 τοῦ G3588 ὄφεως, G3789 ὡσεὶ G5616 ἀσπίδος G785 κωφῆς G2974 καὶ G2532 βυούσης τὰ G3588 ὦτα G3775 αὐτῆς, G846 [5] ‡ἥτις G3748 οὐκ G3756 εἰσακούσεται G1522 φωνὴν G5456 ἐπᾳδόντων φαρμάκου G5333 τε G5037 φαρμακευομένου παρὰ G3844 σοφοῦ. G4680 [6] ‡Ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 συνέτριψεν G4937 τοὺς G3588 ὀδόντας G3599 αὐτῶν G846 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 στόματι G4750 αὐτῶν, G846 τὰς G3588 μύλας τῶν G3588 λεόντων G3023 συνέθλασεν G4917 κύριος. G2962 [7] ‡Ἐξουδενωθήσονται G1847 ὡς G5613 ὕδωρ G5204 διαπορευόμενον· G1279 ἐντενεῖ τὸ G3588 τόξον G5115 αὐτοῦ, G846 ἕως G2193 οὗ G3739 ἀσθενήσουσιν. G770 [8] ‡Ὡσεὶ G5616 κηρὸς ὁ G3588 τακεὶς G5080 ἀνταναιρεθήσονται· ἐπέπεσε G1968 πῦρ, G4442 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 εἶδον G1492 τὸν G3588 ἥλιον. G2246 [9] ‡Πρὸ G4253 τοῦ G3588 συνιέναι G4920 τὰς G3588 ἀκάνθας G173 ὑμῶν G5216 τὴν G3588 ῥάμνον, ὡσεὶ G5616 ζῶντας G2198 ὡσεὶ G5616 ἐν G1722 ὀργῇ G3709 καταπίεται G2666 ὑμᾶς. G5209 [10] ‡Εὐφρανθήσεται G2165 δίκαιος, G1342 ὅταν G3752 ἴδῃ G1492 ἐκδίκησιν G1557 ἀσεβῶν· G765 τὰς G3588 χεῖρας G5495 αὐτοῦ G846 νίψεται G3538 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 αἵματι G129 τοῦ G3588 ἁμαρτωλοῦ. G268 [11] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐρεῖ G2046 ἄνθρωπος G444 Εἰ G1487 ἄρα G686 ἔστιν G2076 καρπὸς G2590 τῷ G3588 δικαίῳ, G1342 ἄρα G686 ἐστὶν G2076 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 κρίνων G2919 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 γῇ. G1093
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 58:1 Originally verses 57:1–2.
  2. ‡ 58:2 Originally verse 57:3.
  3. ‡ 58:3 Originally verse 57:4.
  4. ‡ 58:4 Originally verse 57:5.
  5. ‡ 58:5 Originally verse 57:6.
  6. ‡ 58:6 Originally verse 57:7.
  7. ‡ 58:7 Originally verse 57:8.
  8. ‡ 58:8 Originally verse 57:9.
  9. ‡ 58:9 Originally verse 57:10.
  10. ‡ 58:10 Originally verse 57:11.
  11. ‡ 58:11 Originally verse 57:12.