תְּהִלִּים

Psalms — Chapter 58

Read Psalms Chapter 58 in Biblical Hebrew alongside the King James Version (KJV) — 12 verses. Original Hebrew text with vowel points (nikud) and full English translation.

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ אַֽל תַּ֫שְׁחֵ֥ת לְדָוִ֗ד מִכְתָּֽם׃

KJVTo the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David.

הַאֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

KJVDo ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

אַף בְּלֵ֣ב עוֹלֹ֣ת תִּפְעָל֑וּן בָּאָ֥רֶץ חֲ֝מַ֗ס יְדֵיכֶ֥ם תְּפַלֵּֽסוּן׃

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

No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.

זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִ֥ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃

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

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

חֲמַ֣ת לָ֭מוֹ כִּדְמ֣וּת חֲמַת נָחָ֑שׁ כְּמ֤וֹ פֶ֖תֶן חֵרֵ֣שׁ יַאְטֵ֣ם אָזְנֽוֹ׃

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

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמַע לְק֣וֹל מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים חוֹבֵ֥ר חֲ֝בָרִ֗ים מְחֻכָּֽם׃

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

so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.

אֱלֹהִ֗ים הֲרָס שִׁנֵּ֣ימוֹ בְּפִ֣ימוֹ מַלְתְּע֥וֹת כְּפִ֝רִ֗ים נְתֹ֥ץ יְהוָֽה׃

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

O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!

יִמְאֲס֥וּ כְמֽוֹ מַ֗יִם יִֽתְהַלְּכ֗וּ לָ֭מוֹ יִדְרֹ֥ךְ חִצָּ֗יו כְּמ֣וֹ יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃

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

Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.

כְּמ֥וֹ שַׁבְּלוּל תֶּ֗מֶס יַהֲלֹ֥ךְ נֵ֣פֶל אֵ֭שֶׁת בַּל חָ֥זוּ שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

KJVAs 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.

Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.

בְּטֶ֣רֶם יָ֭בִינוּ סִּירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמֽוֹ חַ֥י כְּמ֥וֹ חָ֝ר֗וֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃

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

Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!

יִשְׂמַ֣ח צַ֭דִּיק כִּי חָ֣זָה נָקָ֑ם פְּ֝עָמָ֗יו יִרְחַ֥ץ בְּדַ֥ם הָרָשָֽׁע׃

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

The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

וְיֹאמַ֣ר אָדָ֗ם אַ֤ךְ פְּרִ֥י לַצַּדִּ֑יק אַ֤ךְ יֵ֤שׁ אֱלֹהִ֗ים שֹׁפְטִ֥ים בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

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

Mankind will say: Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.