Verse 2
Psalms 58:2
GOD'S WORD Translation
2
No, in your heart you plot injustice.
You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַֽ/אֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּ/ן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם
English Translation
Indeed, you speak righteousness; you judge uprightly, O sons of man.
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Chapter 58 Context
1
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
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2
No, in your heart you plot injustice.
You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3
The wicked go astray from the womb.
They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
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4
Their poison is like the poison of a snake;
like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
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5
which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers,
no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
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6
Break their teeth, God (Elohim), in their mouth.
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahwe...
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7
Let them vanish like water that flows away.
When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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8
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen the...
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9
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
he will sweep away the green and the burning alike...
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10
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the w...
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11
so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous.
Most certainly there is...
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