1 To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.
2 \58:1\Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?
3 \58:2\The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
4 \58:3\The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.
5 \58:4\Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
6 \58:5\Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.
7 \58:6\O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.
8 \58:7\Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.
9 \58:8\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.
10 \58:9\Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.
11 \58:10\The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.
12 \58:11\So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.
1 א למנצח אל-תשחת לדוד מכתם br
2 ב האמנם--אלם צדק תדברון מישרים תשפטו בני אדם br
3 ג אף-בלב עולת תפעלון בארץ--חמס ידיכם תפלסון br
4 ד זרו רשעים מרחם תעו מבטן דברי כזב br
5 ה חמת-למו כדמות חמת-נחש כמו-פתן חרש יאטם אזנו br
6 ו אשר לא-ישמע לקול מלחשים חובר חברים מחכם br
7 ז אלהים--הרס שנימו בפימו מלתעות כפירים נתץ יהוה br
8 ח ימאסו כמו-מים יתהלכו-למו br ידרך חצו כמו יתמללו br
9 ט כמו שבלול תמס יהלך נפל אשת בל-חזו שמש br
10 י בטרם יבינו סירתכם אטד כמו-חי כמו-חרון ישערנו br
11 יא ישמח צדיק כי-חזה נקם פעמיו ירחץ בדם הרשע br [ (Psalms 58:12) יב ויאמר אדם אך-פרי לצדיק אך יש-אלהים שפטים בארץ ]