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PSALM 58 Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked. For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.
1Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods?Do you judge 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 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 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 aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
8Let them be as a snail which 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 thornsHe will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the 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 reward for the righteous;Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”