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Psalms 58
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam (note: Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60.) of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
No, in your heart you plot injustice.
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
The wicked go astray from the womb.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
Their poison is like the poison of a snake,
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers,
refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
Let them vanish like water that flows away.
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted (note: Or when they are trodden down, may they wither like grass).
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous.
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”