Psalms 58
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Psalm 58
For the choir director; al tashcheth; a miktam by David.
1Do you rulers really give fair verdicts?
Do you judge Adam’s descendants fairly?
2No, you invent new crimes on earth,
and your hands spread violence.
3 ⌞Even⌟ inside the womb wicked people are strangers ⌞to God⌟.
From their birth liars go astray.
4They have poisonous venom like snakes.
They are like a deaf cobra that shuts its ears
5so that it cannot hear the voice of a snake charmer
or of anyone trained to cast spells.
6O God, knock the teeth out of their mouths.
Break the young lions’ teeth, O Lord.
7Let them disappear like water that drains away.
When they aim their bows, let their arrows miss the target.
8Let them become like a snail that leaves behind a slimy trail
or like a stillborn child who never sees the sun.
9Let ⌞God⌟ sweep them away
faster than a cooking pot is heated by burning twigs.
10Righteous people will rejoice when they see ⌞God⌟ take revenge.
They will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people.
11Then people will say,
“Righteous people certainly have a reward.
There is a God who judges on earth.”
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