{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":58,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/57","next":"psalms/59","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?","f":["Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?"}],"h":"God Judges the Earth","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"No, in your hearts you devise injustice;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with your hands you mete out violence on the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The wicked are estranged from the womb;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the liars go astray from birth."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"Their venom [is] like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Their venom [is] like the venom of a snake,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a cobra that shuts its ears,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"refusing to hear the tune of the charmer"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who skillfully weaves his spell."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.","f":["Or when they are trodden down, may they wither like grass"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May they vanish"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like water that runs off;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"when they draw the bow,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may their arrows be blunted."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like a slug that dissolves in its slime,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a woman’s stillborn child,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may they never see the sun."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Before your pots can feel [the burning] thorns — whether green or dry — He will sweep them away.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Before your pots can feel [the burning] thorns —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whether green or dry —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will sweep them away."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The righteous will rejoice"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when they see they are avenged;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"they will wash their feet"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the blood of the wicked."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Then men will say,“ There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then men will say,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ There is surely a reward for the righteous!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"There is surely a God who judges the earth!”"}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. To the tune of “ Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David."}