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58:1  (A special psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune “Don't Destroy.”) Do you mighty people talk only to oppose justice? Don't you ever judge fairly?
58:2  You are always planning evil, and you are brutal.
58:3  You have done wrong and lied from the day you were born.
58:4  Your words spread poison like the bite of a cobra
58:5  that refuses to listen to the snake charmer.
58:6  My enemies are fierce as lions, Lord God! Shatter their teeth. Snatch out their fangs.
58:7  Make them disappear like leaking water, and make their arrows miss.
58:8  Let them dry up like snails or be like a child that dies before seeing the sun.
58:9  Wipe them out quicker than a pot can be heated by setting thorns on fire.
58:10  Good people will be glad when they see the wicked getting what they deserve, and they will wash their feet in their enemies' blood.
58:11  Everyone will say, “It's true! Good people are rewarded. God does indeed rule the earth with justice.”