\p Psalms 58.0: \c 58
\d For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David.
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\p Psalms 58.1: \v 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
\q2 Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
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\p Psalms 58.2: \v 2 No, in your heart you plot injustice.
\q2 You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
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\p Psalms 58.3: \v 3 The wicked go astray from the womb.
\q2 They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
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\p Psalms 58.4: \v 4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake,
\q2 like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
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\p Psalms 58.5: \v 5 which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers,
\q2 no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
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\p Psalms 58.6: \v 6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
\q2 Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
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\p Psalms 58.7: \v 7 Let them vanish like water that flows away.
\q2 When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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\p Psalms 58.8: \v 8 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
\q2 like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
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\p Psalms 58.9: \v 9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
\q2 he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
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\p Psalms 58.10: \v 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
\q2 He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
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\p Psalms 58.11: \v 11 so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous.
\q2 Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”