Psalms 58
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Wicked judges described and given sharp words | ||
| «To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.» Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men? | To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? | |
Verse 1 WEB For 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? KJV To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? TSK Al-tas-chith: ps 57:1, ps 59:1; Do: ps 72:1-4, de 16:18,19, 2sa 23:3, 2ch 19:6,7, isa 11:3-5, isa 32:1, jer 23:5,6; O congregation: ps 82:1,2, nu 11:16, de 1:15,16, 2sa 5:3, mt 26:3, mt 27:1, lu 23:50,51, ac 5:21; O ye: ps 82:6,7 |
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| The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth. | Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. | |
Verse 2 WEB No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. KJV Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. TSK in heart: ps 21:11, ec 3:16, isa 59:4-6, jer 22:16,17, eze 22:12,27, mic 3:1-3,9-12, joh 11:47-53; weigh: ps 94:20, isa 10:1, isa 26:7 |
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| The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words. | The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. | |
Verse 3 WEB The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. KJV The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. TSK estranged, etc: ps 51:5, job 15:14, pr 22:15, isa 48:8, eph 2:3; as soon, etc: ps 22:10, isa 46:3 |
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| Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut; | Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; | |
Verse 4 WEB Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, KJV Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; TSK poison: ps 140:3, ec 10:11, ro 3:13, jas 3:8; serpent: mt 3:7, mt 23:33; the deaf: jer 8:17; adder or asp: job 20:14,16, isa 11:8 |
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| Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers. | Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. | |
Verse 5 WEB which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be. KJV Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. |
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A prayer that they may be disabled, and their ruin predicted | ||
| O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord. | Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. | |
Verse 6 WEB Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh. KJV Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. TSK Break their: ps 3:7, ps 10:15, job 4:10,11, job 29:17, eze 30:21-26; young: ps 17:12, ps 91:13, nu 23:24, isa 31:4, ho 5:14, mic 5:8 |
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| Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way. | Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. | |
Verse 7 WEB Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. KJV Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. TSK Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.: ps 22:14, ps 64:7,8, ps 112:10, ex 15:15, jos 2:9-11, jos 7:5, 2sa 17:10, isa 13:7 |
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| Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun. | As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. | |
Verse 8 WEB Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun. KJV As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. TSK pass: ps 37:35,36, mt 24:35, jas 1:10; untimely: job 3:16, ec 6:3 |
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| Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth. | Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. | |
Verse 9 WEB Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike. KJV Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. TSK thorns: ps 118:12, ec 7:6; as: ps 10:2,5, ps 55:23, ps 73:18-20, job 18:18, job 20:5-29, pr 1:27, pr 10:25, pr 14:32, isa 17:13, isa 40:24, jer 23:19; both living, etc: nu 16:30 |
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| The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer. | The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. | |
Verse 10 WEB The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; KJV The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. TSK righteous: ps 52:6, ps 64:10, ps 68:1-3, ps 107:42, jud 5:31, pr 11:10, re 11:17,18, re 18:20, re 19:1-6; wash: ps 68:23, job 29:6, re 14:20 |
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| So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth. | So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. | |
Verse 11 WEB so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.” KJV So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. TSK Verily there is: ps 73:13-15, ps 92:15, mal 3:14, ro 2:5; a reward for: isa 3:10, ro 6:21,22; verily he: ps 9:16, ps 64:9, ps 67:4, ps 33:18, ps 96:13, ps 98:9, mal 2:17, 2pe 3:4-10 |
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