| 58 | Psalms | ||
| Judge of Earthly Judges. Psalm 58(v57) | |||
| 1 | Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the sons of men uprightly? | ||
| 2 | Nay, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. | ||
| 3 | The wicked go astray from the womb, they err from their birth, speaking lies. | ||
| 4 | They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, | ||
| 5 | so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter. | ||
| 6 | O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Yahweh! | ||
| 7 | Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither. | ||
| 8 | Let them be like the snail which dissolves into slime, like the untimely birth that never sees the sun. | ||
| 9 | Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away! | ||
| 10 | The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. | ||
| 11 | Men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth." | ||
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