{"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/asv/psalms/58","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T16:17:15.822Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":58,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":57,"nextChapter":59,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out 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 are born, speaking lies."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Which hearkeneth not 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 Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 58 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 58](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/58)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/58 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}