<h3>The Just Judgment of the Wicked</h3><h3>To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.</h3>58 <poetry>Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? </poetry> 2 <poetry>No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.</poetry> 3 <poetry> The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. </poetry> 4 <poetry> Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear, </poetry> 5 <poetry>Which will not heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully.</poetry> 6 <poetry> Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>! </poetry> 7 <poetry> Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces. </poetry> 8 <poetry>Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.</poetry> 9 <poetry>Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath. </poetry> 10 <poetry>The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, </poetry> 11 <poetry> So that men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who judges in the earth.”</poetry>

Psalm 58:1

To the Chief Musician. Set to <ft>1</ft>“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.<pb/>

Psalm 58:2

<cr>1</cr>The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Psalm 58:3

<cr>1</cr>Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

Psalm 58:4

Which will not <cr>1</cr>heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully.<pb/>

Psalm 58:5

<cr>1</cr>Break<ft>1</ft> their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>!

Psalm 58:6

<cr>1</cr>Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.

Psalm 58:7

Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, <cr>1</cr>Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.<pb/>

Psalm 58:8

Before your <cr>1</cr>pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away <cr>2</cr>as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.

Psalm 58:9

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the <cr>1</cr>vengeance; <cr>2</cr>He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

Psalm 58:10

<cr>1</cr>So that men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who <cr>2</cr>judges in the earth.”

Psalm 58:11

 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?  2 No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.  3  The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.  4  Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,  5 Which will not  heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully.  6  Break  their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!  7  Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.  8 Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,  Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.  9 Before your  pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away  as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.  10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the  vengeance;  He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,  11  So that men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who  judges in the earth.”

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