| Chapter 58 |
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| Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? |
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| No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. |
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| The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. |
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| Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, |
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| Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be. |
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| Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh. |
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| Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. |
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| Let them be as a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun. |
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| Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep away, the green and the burning alike. |
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| The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; |
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| So that men shall say, 'Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth.' Psalm 59 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Do Not Destroy.' A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. |