Context at a Glance
Author:Traditional Attribution
Topic:Psalms Chapter 58 Study
This chapter provides a foundational look at the theological themes of Psalms, analyzed across multiple historic translations for maximum scholarly depth.
Psalms 58
King James Version
1¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.4Their poison like the poison of a serpent: like the deaf adder stoppeth her ear;5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.6¶ Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.7Let them melt away as waters run continually: he bendeth his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.8As a snail melteth, let pass away: the untimely birth of a woman, they may not see the sun.9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in wrath.10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.11So that a man shall say, Verily a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.