PsalmsChapter 58

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¹For the music leader. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A miktam of David.
Rulers, do you really speak what is fair?
Do you judge people in the right way?a ²No! In your hearts you plan what is unfair.
With your hands you hand out violence on the earth. ³The wicked go wrong from the time they are in the womb.
Liars wander off from the day they are born. ⁴Their poison is like the poison of a snake.
They are like a cobra that stops up its ears. ⁵It will not listen to the tune of the snake charmer,
no matter how skilled he is with his magic. ⁶God, break the teeth in their mouths.
LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions. ⁷May they disappear like water that runs off.
When they pull back the bow,
may their arrows be made dull. ⁸May they be like a slug that melts in its slime.
May they be like a woman's baby born dead,
who never sees the sun. ⁹Your pots will not even feel the heat of the burning thorns,
whether green or dry,
before he sweeps them away. ¹⁰Those who do right will be glad
when they see the wicked paid back.
They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. ¹¹Then people will say,
"There really is a reward for those who do right!
There really is a God who judges the earth!"