1 To the Overseer. — ‘Destroy not.’ — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men? YLT — Psalm 58:1
2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder. YLT — Psalm 58:2
3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies. YLT — Psalm 58:3
4 Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear, YLT — Psalm 58:4
5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful. YLT — Psalm 58:5
6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah. YLT — Psalm 58:6
7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off. YLT — Psalm 58:7
8 As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun. YLT — Psalm 58:8
9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away. YLT — Psalm 58:9
10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked. YLT — Psalm 58:10
11 And man saith: ‘Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!’ YLT — Psalm 58:11