Psalms 58 — NETB

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David.

58Verse 1Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions?
Do you judge people fairly?
^{Verse 2}No! You plan how to do what is unjust;
you deal out violence in the earth.
^{Verse 3}The wicked turn aside from birth;
liars go astray as soon as they are born.
^{Verse 4}Their venom is like that of a snake,
like a deaf serpent that does not hear,
^{Verse 5}that does not respond to the magicians,
or to a skilled snake-charmer.
^{Verse 6}O God, break the teeth in their mouths!
Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!
^{Verse 7}Let them disappear like water that flows away!
Let them wither like grass!
^{Verse 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!
^{Verse 9}Before the kindling is even placed under your pots,
he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.
^{Verse 10}The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out;
they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
^{Verse 11}Then observers will say,
“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded!
Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”