58:1

לַמְנַצֵּחַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת לְדָוִד מִכְתָּם׃

For the Leader; Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David; Michtam.

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58:2

הַאֻמְנָם אֵלֶם צֶדֶק תְּדַבֵּרוּן מֵישָׁרִים תִּשְׁפְּטוּ בְּנֵי אָדָם׃

Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?

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58:3

אַף־בְּלֵב עוֹלֹת תִּפְעָלוּן בָּאָרֶץ חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסוּן׃

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

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58:4

זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִים מֵרָחֶם תָּעוּ מִבֶּטֶן דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב׃

The wicked are estranged from the womb; The speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.

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58:5

חֲמַת־לָמוֹ כִּדְמוּת חֲמַת־נָחָשׁ כְּמוֹ־פֶתֶן חֵרֵשׁ יַאְטֵם אָזְנוֹ׃

Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; They are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;

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58:6

אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִשְׁמַע לְקוֹל מְלַחֲשִׁים חוֹבֵר חֲבָרִים מְחֻכָּם׃

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Or of the most cunning binder of spells.

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58:7

אֱ‍לֹהִים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּימוֹ בְּפִימוֹ מַלְתְּעוֹת כְּפִירִים נְתֹץ יְהוָה׃

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; Break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

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58:8

יִמָּאֲסוּ כְמוֹ־מַיִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָמוֹ יִדְרֹךְ חצו [חִצָּיו] כְּמוֹ יִתְמֹלָלוּ׃

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

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58:9

כְּמוֹ שַׁבְּלוּל תֶּמֶס יַהֲלֹךְ נֵפֶל אֵשֶׁת בַּל־חָזוּ שָׁמֶשׁ׃

Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; Like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.

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58:10

בְּטֶרֶם יָבִינוּ סִּירֹתֵיכֶם אָטָד כְּמוֹ־חַי כְּמוֹ־חָרוֹן יִשְׂעָרֶנּוּ׃

Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.

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58:11

יִשְׂמַח צַדִּיק כִּי־חָזָה נָקָם פְּעָמָיו יִרְחַץ בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע׃

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

58:12

וְיֹאמַר אָדָם אַךְ־פְּרִי לַצַּדִּיק אַךְ יֵשׁ־אֱלֹהִים שֹׁפְטִים בָּאָרֶץ׃

And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'

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