Psalm 58, NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION
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1

Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?  Do you judge people fairly?
 

2

No, 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 Lord!
 

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 that 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 they see vengeance done; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
 

11

People will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”