Psalms 58

Psalm 58

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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