Psalms 58.0: 58 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Psalms 58.1: 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? Psalms 58.2: 2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. Psalms 58.3: 3 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. Psalms 58.4: 4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, Psalms 58.5: 5 which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be. Psalms 58.6: 6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh. Psalms 58.7: 7 Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. Psalms 58.8: 8 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun. Psalms 58.9: 9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike. Psalms 58.10: 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, Psalms 58.11: 11 so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”