{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/58","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:25:39.386Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":58,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":57,"nextChapter":59,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"As a snail which melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God that judges in the earth."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 58 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 58](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/58)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/58 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}