Psalm 58

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 Are your minds set upon righteousness, | O ye • congre- | gation? ||

and do ye judge the thing that is | right, • O ye | sons of | men? ||

2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your | heart up•on the | earth ||

and your | hands | deal with | wicked•ness. ||

3 The ungodly are froward, even from their | mother's | womb ||

as soon as they are | born, they • go a- | stray, and • speak | lies. ||

4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent; * even like the deaf adder that | 3 stoppeth her | ears; ||

5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, * | charm he | 3 never so | wisely. ||

6 Break their teeth, O | God, • in their | mouths; ||

smite the | jawbones • of the | lions, • O | Lord ||

let them fall away like water that | 3 runneth a- | pace; ||

and when they shoot their arrows | 3 let them be | rooted | out. ||

7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the untimely | fruit • of a | woman ||

and | 3 let them not | see the | sun. ||

8 Or ever your pots be made | hot with | thorns ||

so let indignation vex him, | even • as a | thing • that is | raw. ||

9 The righteous shall rejoice when he | 3 seeth the | vengeance ||

he shall wash his | footsteps • in the | blood of • the un- | godly. ||

10 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a re- | ward • for the | righteous ||

doubtless there is a | God that | 3 judgeth the | earth. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||