{"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/dbt/psalms/58","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T04:27:04.304Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":58,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":57,"nextChapter":59,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The wicked go astray from the womb; they err 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 which stoppeth her ear;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; like the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, they shall be whirled away."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 58 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 58](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/58)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/58 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}