Psalms 58
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For the leader. Al tashheth. Of David. A michtam.
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Do you speak what is right, you gods? With equity judge you your people?
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In the land you practise iniquity – all of you; violence do you dispense with your hands.
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The wicked go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.
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Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,
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and refuses to listen to the voice of the charmer, or binder of spells, no matter how cunning.
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O God, break to pieces the teeth in their mouth, tear out the great teeth of the young lions, Lord.
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May they melt away like running water! Like tender grass, cut down may they be!
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Like the snail that dissolves on its crawling path, like the birth untimely which sees not the sunlight.
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Faster than a thorn-fire heats your pots, he will come with his tempest and sweep them away.
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The sight of such vengeance will gladden the righteous; their feet they will wash in the blood of the wicked.
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People will say, “Yes, the just are rewarded: yes, on the earth is a God who is Judge.”
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