Bible for Soul
Book 19 of 66 · Poetry & Wisdom

PsalmsChapter 58 · sin and temptation and justice and righteousness

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Psalms 58 contains 11 verses in the King James Version. This page presents the complete chapter, a section-by-section outline, and direct links to every verse. Its recurring subjects include sin and temptation, justice and righteousness, and humanity and family.

Chapter at a glance

What is in Psalms 58?

The chapter opens, “Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?” It closes in verse 11, “So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.” The outline below follows the text in order.

Primary themes
sin and temptationjustice and righteousnesshumanity and family
Passage
Psalms 58:1–11
Reading time
About 2 minutes · 218 words
Section-by-section outline

Psalms 58 outline

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  1. Verses 1–11

    Sin and Temptation · Justice and Righteousness

    Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

King James Version · complete chapter

Psalms 58 KJV

1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. 7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.