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Psalms 58
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1(59) For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.
1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither [is it] my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.
3The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold.
4Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5And you, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.
5which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
6They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
7Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [say they], has heard?
7Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
8But you, Lord, will laugh them to scorn; you will utterly set at nothing all the heathen.
8Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
9will keep my strength, [looking] to you; for you, O God, are my helper.
9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
10[As for] my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will show me [vengeance] on my enemies.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11Slay them not, lest they forget your law; scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.
11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”