Psalms 58:2-5 in English

² Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

⁵ Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

² Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.

³ Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

⁴ For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.

⁵ Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: awake to help me, and behold.

² Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

⁵ Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

² Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

⁵ Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

² Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

³ For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.

⁴ Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: awake to help me, and behold.

⁵ And you, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.

² Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

⁵ Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

² No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land of Israel.

³ Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born DOU.

⁴ God, show in the heavens how great you are! And show your glory to people all over the earth! What wicked people say injures people like the venom of a snake MET; They refuse to listen to good advice, as though they were cobras that were deaf MET!

⁵ As a result, like a snake that does not respond when a charmer plays a flute or when someone sings magic songs, they do not pay attention when others rebuke them.

² Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

³ For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.

⁴ Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: awake to help me, and behold.

⁵ And you, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.

² No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵ which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

² No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵ which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

² No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵ which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skilful the charmer may be.

² The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

³ The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

⁵ Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.

² Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

⁵ Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

² Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.

³ Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

⁴ For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:

⁵ Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps.

² No, for in your minds you plan evil. You cause violence everywhere!

³ The wicked are sinners from birth; from the moment they're born they tell lies.

⁴ They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,

⁵ refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmers or the spellbinders.

² Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.

³ The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.

⁴ Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.

⁵ Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.

² (58-3) Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.

³ (58-4) The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.

⁴ (58-5) Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;

⁵ (58-6) Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.

² Yea, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

⁵ Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

² (58:3) Even in your heart ye work injustice: on the earth do ye weigh out the violence of your hands.

³ (58:4) The wicked are estranged from goodness from the womb: those who speak lies go astray from their very birth.

⁴ (58:5) They have poison like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

⁵ (58:6) Which will not hearken to the voice of conjurers, yea, that of the wisest of all charmers.

² Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; And ransom me from those that rise up against me.

³ Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from bloody men.

⁴ For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; Violent men have set upon me: Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.

⁵ Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: Awake to help me, and behold.

² Nay, in your hearts ye contrive iniquity; Your hands weigh out violence in the land!

³ The wicked are estranged, from their very birth; The liars go astray as soon as they are born.

⁴ They have poison, like the poison of a serpent; Like the deaf adder's, which stoppeth her ear;

⁵ Which listeneth not to the voice of the charmer, And of the sorcerer, skilful in incantations.

² In the land you practise iniquity — all of you; violence do you dispense with your hands.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.

⁴ Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,

⁵ and refuses to listen to the voice of the charmer, or binder of spells, no matter how cunning.

² In the land you practise iniquity — all of you; violence do you dispense with your hands.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.

⁴ Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,

⁵ and refuses to listen to the voice of the charmer, or binder of spells, no matter how cunning.

² No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵ which does not sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

² No, you commit wickedness in your heart; you distribute violence throughout the land with your hands.

³ The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like a snake's poison; they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,

⁵ that pays no attention to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful they are.

² No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵ which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

² No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵ which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skilful the charmer may be.

² Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

⁵ Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

² No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵ which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

² No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³ The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵ which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skilful the charmer may be.

² For in heart ye work wickedness in earth; your hands make ready unrightfulnesses or unrightwisenesses.

³ Sinners were made aliens from the womb; they erred from the womb, they spake false things.

⁴ Strong vengeance is to them, by the likeness of a serpent; as of a deaf snake, and stopping his ears.

⁵ Which shall not hear the voice of charmers; and of a venom-maker charming ever so wisely.

² For in heart ye work wickedness in earth; your hands make ready unrightfulnesses. (For in your hearts ye do evil; and your hands bring forth unrightfulnesses, or wickedness, in all the earth.)

³ Sinners were made aliens from the womb (or Sinners, or evil-doers, go wrong from the womb); they erred from the womb, they spake false things.

⁴ Strong vengeance is to them, by the likeness of a serpent; as of a deaf snake, and stopping his ears. (Strong venom cometh forth from them, like that of serpents; and they be like a deaf snake that stoppeth its ears.)

⁵ Which shall not hear the voice of charmers; and of a venom-maker charming (ever so) wisely.

² Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

³ The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

⁴ Their poison is as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

⁵ Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.