{"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/ylt/psalms/58","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T13:27:34.154Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":58,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":57,"nextChapter":59,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Their poison is as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"As a snail that melteth he goeth on, As an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And man saith: 'Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 58 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 58](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/58)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/58 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}