Psalm 58 CSB NIV Parallel

◄ Psalm 58 ►

Christian Standard Bible

New International Version

1Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly?

1For the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?

2No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

2No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

3The wicked go astray from the womb; liars wander about from birth.

3Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

4They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

5that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells.

5that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

6God, knock the teeth out of their mouths; LORD, tear out the young lions' fangs.

6Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions!

7May they vanish like water that flows by; may they aim their blunted arrows.

7Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.

8Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman's miscarried child, may they not see the sun.

8May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.

9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns--whether green or burning--he will sweep them away.

9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns-- whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away.

10The righteous one will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

10The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.

11Then people will say, "Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!"

11Then people will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."