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58:1  For the choir director. “Do Not Destroy.” By David. A miktam. Do you “gods” really speak righteously? Do you sons of Adam judge rightly?
58:2  No, in your heart you commit injustices. On the earth your hands distribute violence.
58:3  The wicked go off course already from the womb. From the belly they go astray. They speak lies.
58:4  Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a deaf cobra that has stopped its ears,
58:5  that will not listen to the sound of the charmers, however skillful the spellbinder may be.
58:6  O God, break their teeth in their mouths. Tear out the fangs of the young lions, Lord!
58:7  Let them vanish like water that flows away. When he draws his bow, let his arrows be cut off.
58:8  As a slug melts away as it crawls along, so let him disappear. Like a stillborn child may they not see the sun.
58:9  Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether the thorns are green or dry—they will be swept away.
58:10  The righteous one will be glad when he sees vengeance. He will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
58:11  Then people will say, “Surely there is fruit for the righteous. Surely there is a God judging on the earth.”