Psalms 58
1 For the music director. To the tune “Do Not Destroy.” A miktam of David.
2 Do you really speak what is just in silence? Do you judge people fairly?
3 On the contrary, in your hearts you practice injustice; on earth, your hands mete out violence.
4 The wicked turn aside from the womb; from birth they go astray, speaking lies.
5 Their venom is like the venom of a snake; they are like a deaf cobra that shuts its ears,
6 one that does not heed the voice of charmers, or of the most skillful spellbinder.
7 O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the lions, LORD.
8 May they melt away like flowing water; when he aims his arrows, may they be blunted.
9 May they be like a snail that dissolves as it crawls, like a woman's stillborn child that never saw the sun.
10 Before your pots feel the thorn, whether green or already burning, he will sweep them away in a whirlwind.
11 The righteous will rejoice when he sees vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
12 Then people will say, “There really is a reward for the righteous; there really is a God who judges on earth.”
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