Psalms58
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 thorns He 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!”
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