Psalms58NASB2020
Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.
For the music director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.
1Do you indeed speak righteousness, you gods? Do you judge fairly, you sons of mankind?2No, in heart you practice injustice; On earth you clear a way for the violence of your hands.3The wicked have turned away 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. 6God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;Break out the fangs of the young lions, LORD.7May they flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, may they be as headless shafts.8May they be like a snail which goes along in slime, Like the miscarriage of a woman that never sees the sun.9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. 10The righteous will rejoice when he sees vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.11And people will say, “There certainly is a reward for the righteous; There certainly is a God who judges on the earth!”
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