Psalms 48:5

48:5 As soon as they see, ¹  they are shocked; ² 

they are terrified, they quickly retreat. ³ 

Psalms 58:3

58:3 The wicked turn aside from birth; ⁴ 

liars go astray as soon as they are born. ⁵ 

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¹ tn The object of “see” is omitted, but v. 3b suggests that the Lord’s self-revelation as the city’s defender is what they see.

² tn Heb “they look, so they are shocked.” Here כֵּן (ken, “so”) has the force of “in the same measure.”

³ tn The translation attempts to reflect the staccato style of the Hebrew text, where the main clauses of vv. 4-6 are simply juxtaposed without connectives.

⁴ tn Heb “from the womb.”

⁵ tn Heb “speakers of a lie go astray from the womb.”