Psalm 58 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.

Psa 58:1To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David. Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the sons of men uprightly?

Psa 58:2

Psa 58:2Nay, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.

Psa 58:3

Psa 58:3The wicked go astray from the womb, they err from their birth, speaking lies.

Psa 58:4

Psa 58:4They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

Psa 58:5

Psa 58:5so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.

Psa 58:6

Psa 58:6O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!

Psa 58:7

Psa 58:7Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither.

Psa 58:8

Psa 58:8Let them be like the snail which dissolves into slime, like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.

Psa 58:9

Psa 58:9Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!

Psa 58:10

Psa 58:10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psa 58:11

Psa 58:11Men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth."

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Psalm 58 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.

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