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Psalm 58 Majority Standard Bible

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1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
1 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?
2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
3 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
5 which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
7 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
8 Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
8 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
11 so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
Cross references (11)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 57:1; Isaiah 11:3–5; Psalm 72:1–4; Deuteronomy 16:18–19; Deuteronomy 1:15–16
  2. 2 Psalm 94:20; Isaiah 10:1; Ecclesiastes 3:16; Micah 3:1–3; Ezekiel 22:27
  3. 3 Psalm 51:5; Isaiah 48:8; Proverbs 22:15; Ephesians 2:3; Job 15:14
  4. 4 Psalm 140:3; James 3:8; Jeremiah 8:17; Romans 3:13; Ecclesiastes 10:11
  5. 5 Jeremiah 8:17; Deuteronomy 18:11; Isaiah 19:3
  6. 6 Psalm 3:7; Hosea 5:14; Psalm 10:15; Job 29:17; Job 4:10–11
  7. 7 Psalm 112:10; Joshua 7:5; Isaiah 13:7; Psalm 64:3; Exodus 15:15
  8. 8 Job 3:16; Ecclesiastes 6:3; Psalm 37:35–36; James 1:10; Matthew 24:35
  9. 9 Proverbs 10:25; Psalm 118:12; Ecclesiastes 7:6; Isaiah 17:13; Jeremiah 23:19
  10. 10 Psalm 68:23; Psalm 91:8; Proverbs 11:10; Revelation 11:17–18; Psalm 64:10
  11. 11 Psalm 67:4; Isaiah 3:10; Psalm 64:9; Psalm 33:18; Malachi 2:17

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LVII)

    Because then this Psalm is singing of the Passion of the Lord, see what is the title that it hath: "at the end." The end is Christ. Why hath He been called end? Not as one that consumeth, but one that consummateth....

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 58:3 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter X)

    As also David says, "The alienated are sinners from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born." And it was on account of this that he, turning them to their Lord, prepared, in the spirit and power of Elias, a perfect people for the Lord.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)