The Hebrew Psalms in English Verse
Psalm 58
Abraham Coles
How is it, judges, ye sit dumb,
When crime and wrong before you come —
Silent what time ye ought to speak?
2 Who equity and right betray,
Work wickedness, corruptly weigh
Out violence unto the weak.
3 Men from the womb devoid of worth,
Habitual liars from their birth,
With serpent's deadly poison filled:
4 Like adder deaf that stops her ear,
5 And will the charmer's voice not hear,
Howe'er the charmer may be skilled,
6 Lord! crush their teeth; the grinders break
Of the young lions; and them make
7 Like water hurrying fast away:
Like arrow snapped upon the bow,
8 Like snails dissolving as they go,
Abortions that ne'er saw the day.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorn,
On swiftest whirlwind shall be borne
The burning and the green alike:
10 The righteous shall rejoice, when he
God's holy arm revealed shall see,
Audacious wickedness to strike.
11 Seeing His judgments, men will say:
"There is full recompense and pay,
For men of piety and worth —
He blesses them, and calls them His,
Whereby it is made plain, there is
A God that judges in the earth."
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Poetry of the Psalms
The "Poetry of the Psalms" is a collection of poems expressing the struggles, fears, anger, joy and love revealed in the Psalms of the Bible. They were written over hundreds of years by various authors, including Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, George Burgess, Charles Spurgeon, Abraham Coles, Augustus Toplady, Tate and Brady.
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