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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Psalms 58
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Psalm 58
For the music leader. Do not destroy. A psalm of David, a miktam.#58.0 Perhaps inscription
1Do you really speak what is right, you gods?
Do you really judge humans fairly?
2No: in your hearts you plan injustice;
your hands do violence on the earth.
3The wicked backslide from the womb;
liars go astray from birth.
4Their venom is like a snake’s venom—
like a deaf cobra’s—one that shuts its ears
5so it can’t hear the snake charmer’s voice
or the spells of a skillful enchanter.
6God, break their teeth out of their mouths!
Tear out the lions’ jawbones, LORD!
7Let them dissolve like water flowing away.
When they bend the bow,
let their arrows be like headless shafts.#58.7 Heb uncertain
8Like the snail that dissolves into slime,
like a woman’s stillborn child,
let them never see the sun.
9Before your pots feel the thorns,
whether green or burned up,
God will sweep them away!#58.9 Heb uncertain
10But the righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance done,
when they wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11Then it will be said:
“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!
Yes, there is a God who judges people on the earth.”
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