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Psalm 58
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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Vers 1
Do ye, O congregation,
indeed speak righteousness?
O ye that are the sons of men,
judge ye with uprightness?
indeed speak righteousness?
O ye that are the sons of men,
judge ye with uprightness?
Vers 2
Yea, ev’n within your very hearts
ye wickedness have done;
And ye the vi’lence of your hands
do weigh the earth upon.
ye wickedness have done;
And ye the vi’lence of your hands
do weigh the earth upon.
Vers 3
The wicked men estranged are,
ev’n from the very womb;
They, speaking lies, do stray as soon
as to the world they come.
ev’n from the very womb;
They, speaking lies, do stray as soon
as to the world they come.
Vers 4
Unto a serpent’s poison like
their poison doth appear;
Yea, they are like the adder deaf,
that closely stops her ear;
their poison doth appear;
Yea, they are like the adder deaf,
that closely stops her ear;
Vers 5
That so she may not hear the voice
of one that charm her would,
No, not though he most cunning were,
and charm most wisely could.
of one that charm her would,
No, not though he most cunning were,
and charm most wisely could.
Vers 6
Their teeth, O God, within their mouth
break thou in pieces small;
The great teeth break thou out, O Lord,
of these young lions all.
break thou in pieces small;
The great teeth break thou out, O Lord,
of these young lions all.
Vers 7
Let them like waters melt away,
which downward still do flow:
In pieces cut his arrows all,
when he shall bend his bow.
which downward still do flow:
In pieces cut his arrows all,
when he shall bend his bow.
Vers 8
Like to a snail that melts away,
let each of them be gone;
Like woman’s birth untimely, that
they never see the sun.
let each of them be gone;
Like woman’s birth untimely, that
they never see the sun.
Vers 9
He shall them take away before
your pots the thorns can find,
Both living, and in fury great,
as with a stormy wind.
your pots the thorns can find,
Both living, and in fury great,
as with a stormy wind.
Vers 10
The righteous, when he vengeance sees,
he shall be joyful then;
The righteous one shall wash his feet
in blood of wicked men.
he shall be joyful then;
The righteous one shall wash his feet
in blood of wicked men.
Vers 11
So men shall say, The righteous man
reward shall never miss:
And verily upon the earth
a God to judge there is.
reward shall never miss:
And verily upon the earth
a God to judge there is.
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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About this psalm
Psalm 58 is a psalm of David and belongs to Book II (Psalm 42–72) of the Psalter.
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