Psalm 58
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1For the choir director: "Do Not Destroy." A Davidic Miktam. Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly? 1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
2No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land. 2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
3The wicked go astray from the womb; liars err from birth. 3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
4They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears, 4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
5that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells. 5refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
6God, knock the teeth out of their mouths; LORD, tear out the young lions' fangs. 6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
7They will vanish like water that flows by; they will aim their useless arrows. 7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
8Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman's miscarried child, they will not see the sun. 8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns-- whether green or burning-- He will sweep them away. 9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
10The righteous one will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11Then people will say," Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!" 11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
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