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Psalms 58

Prayer for the punishment of the wicked.

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam.

¹Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

²No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

⁴Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵Which doesn`t listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.

⁶Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

⁷Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

⁸Let them be as a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

⁹Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep away, the green and the burning alike.

¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

¹¹So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth."

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