The wicked [a]are strangers from the womb: even from the belly have they erred, and speak lies.

Their poison is even like the poison of a serpent; like the deaf [b]adder that stoppeth his ear.

Which heareth not the voice of the enchanter, though he be most expert in charming.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:3 That is, enemies to the people of God even from their birth.
  2. Psalm 58:4 They pass in malice and subtlety the crafty serpent which could preserve himself by stopping his ear from the enchanter.

Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(A)
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
that will not heed(B) the tune of the charmer,(C)
    however skillful the enchanter may be.

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