NETtext - Psalms - 58

58:1  For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David.Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?

58:2  No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

58:3  The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

58:4  Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

58:5  that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.

58:6  O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!

58:7  Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

58:8  Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!

58:9  Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

58:10  The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

58:11  Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!"