Psalms 58:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God who judges in the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫יִשְׂמַ֣ח צַ֭דִּיק כִּי־חָזָ֣ה נָקָ֑ם פְּעָמָ֥יו יִ֝רְחַ֗ץ בְּדַ֣ם הָרָשָֽׁע׃‬

Transliteration

yiśmaḥ ṣaddîq kî-ḥāzâ nāqām pəʿāmāyw yirḥaṣ bədam hārāšāʿ

Grammar Details

• *yiśmaḥ*: qal 3ms imperfect - he rejoices
• *ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective/noun - righteous/just one
• *kî*: conjunction - because/when/that
• *ḥāzâ*: qal 3ms perfect - he has seen/beheld
• *nāqām*: masculine singular noun - vengeance/revenge
• *pəʿāmāyw*: feminine plural noun + 3ms suffix - his feet/steps
• *yirḥaṣ*: qal 3ms imperfect - he washes
• *bədam*: preposition bet + masculine singular construct - in blood of
• *hārāšāʿ*: definite article + masculine singular adjective/noun - the wicked one

Word Meanings

• *yiśmaḥ*: rejoices/is glad
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous one/just person
• *ḥāzâ*: sees/beholds/perceives
• *nāqām*: vengeance/revenge/retribution
• *pəʿāmāyw*: his feet/steps/footsteps
• *yirḥaṣ*: washes/bathes
• *hārāšāʿ*: the wicked one/the evil person

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So that a man shall say{H8799)}, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth{H8802)} in the earth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So that men shal saye: verely, there is a rewarde for ye rightuous: doutles, there is a God that iudgeth the earth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And euery man shall say, veryly there is a rewarde for the righteous: doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And man saith: `Surely fruit `is' for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. Psalm 59 For the Chief Musician; `set to' Al-tashheth. `A Psalm' of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then observers will say,“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 67:4 : 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for You shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
• Isa 3:10 : 10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
• Mal 2:17 : 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?
• Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, 'It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?'.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Rom 6:21-22 : 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now, having been freed from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.
• 2 Pet 3:4-9 : 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 By which the world that then existed, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is patient toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
• Ps 73:13-15 : 13 Surely I have kept my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. 14 For all day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would offend against the generation of Your children.
• Ps 92:15 : 15 To show that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
• Ps 94:2 : 2 Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
• Ps 96:13 : 13 Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
• Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness he shall judge the world, and the people with fairness.
• Ps 9:8 : 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall administer judgment to the people in uprightness.
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Ps 18:20 : 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.
• Ps 33:18 : 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his mercy,
• Ps 64:9 : 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider His doing.