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Psalms 58
Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.
1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?
Do you (C1)judge fairly, O sons of men? (VR1)
2 No, in your heart you (C1)devise wrongdoing;
On earth you (C2)deal out the violence of your hands.
3 The wicked are estranged (C1)from the womb;
These (C2)go astray from birth, speaking lies even twisted partial truths.
4 Their poison is like the (C1)venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,
5 So that it does not (C1)listen to the voice of (C2)charmers,
Or of the skillful enchanter casting cunning spells.
6 (C1)O God, break their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.
7 Let them (C1)flow away like water that runs off;
When he (C2)aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
8 Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along,
Like the (C1)miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.
9 Before your cooking (C1)pots can feel the fire of thorns burning under them as fuel,
He will (C2)sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.
10 The unyieldingly (C1)righteous will rejoice when he (C2)sees the vengeance of God;
He will (C3)wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Men will say, "Surely there is a (C1)reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who (C2)judges on the earth."
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