Psalm 58

Psalm 58 in full

King James Version, 11 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Ps 58:1

   To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2. Ps 58:2

   Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

3. Ps 58:3

   The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

4. Ps 58:4

   Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

5. Ps 58:5

   Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

6. Ps 58:6

   Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

7. Ps 58:7

   Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

8. Ps 58:8

   As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

9. Ps 58:9

   Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

10. Ps 58:10

    The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11. Ps 58:11

    So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

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Psalm 58 is part of Psalms, book 19 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 150 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.