【Psalms】Psalm 58 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

58:1 For the leader. Do not destroy. A miktam of David.I

58:2 Do you indeed pronounce justice, O gods; do you judge mortals fairly?

58:3 No, you freely engage in crime; your hands dispense violence to the earth.II

58:4 The wicked have been corrupt since birth; liars from the womb, they have goneastray.

58:5 Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like that of a serpent stoppingits ears,

58:6 So as not to hear the voice of the charmer who casts such cunning spells.III

58:7 O God, smash the teeth in their mouths; break the jaw-teeth of these lions,LORD!

58:8 Make them vanish like water flowing away; trodden down, let them wither likegrass.

58:9 Let them dissolve like a snail that oozes away, like an untimely birth thatnever sees the sun.

58:10 Suddenly, like brambles or thistles, have the whirlwind snatch them away.

58:11 Then the just shall rejoice to see the vengeance and bathe their feet in theblood of the wicked.

58:12 Then it will be said: "Truly there is a reward for the just; there is a Godwho is judge on earth!"

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