Psalms 58

^{Psalms 58:1} Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

^{Psalms 58:2} No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

^{Psalms 58:3} The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

^{Psalms 58:4} Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

^{Psalms 58:5} refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

^{Psalms 58:6} O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

^{Psalms 58:7} May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

^{Psalms 58:8} Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

^{Psalms 58:9} Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

^{Psalms 58:10} The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

^{Psalms 58:11} Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”