Psalm 58
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1To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?1How is it that by remaining silent you can speak righteously? How can you judge people fairly?
2No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.2As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!
3The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.3The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth.
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,4Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,
5Which will not heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully.5refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmer, the cunning enchanter.
6Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!6God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; LORD, break the fangs of the young lions!
7Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.7May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.
8Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.8May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.
9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.9Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns— whether green or ablaze— wrath will sweep them away like a storm.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,10The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11So that men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who judges in the earth.”11A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth."
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