PSALM 58 Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked. For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David. 58
1Do you indeed [Y]speak righteousness, O [Z]gods?
Do you judge [A]uprightly, O sons of men?
2No, in heart you work unrighteousness;
On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.
3The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from [B]birth.
4They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
5So that it does not hear the voice of [C]charmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.
6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
7Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he [D]aims his arrows, let them be as [E]headless shafts.
8Let them be as a snail which [F]melts away as it goes along,
Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the [G]green and the burning alike.
10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11And men will say, “Surely there is a [H]reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges [I]on earth!”
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