Psalm 58
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1Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?1How is it that by remaining silent you can speak righteously? How can you judge people fairly?
2No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.2As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!
3The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.3The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth.
4They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,4Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,
5so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.5refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmer, the cunning enchanter.
6O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!6God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; LORD, break the fangs of the young lions!
7Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.7May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.
8Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.8May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.
9Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!9Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns— whether green or ablaze— wrath will sweep them away like a storm.
10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.10The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”11A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth."
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