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Psalm 58 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.

For the music director; set to ^[a]Al-tashheth. A ^[b]Mikhtam of David.

58 Do you indeed ^[c]speak righteousness, you ^[d]gods?
Do you ^(A)judge ^[e]fairly, you sons of mankind?
²No, in heart you ^(B)practice injustice;
On earth you ^(C)clear a way for the violence of your hands.
³The wicked have turned away ^(D)from the womb;
These who speak lies ^(E)go astray from ^[f]birth.
⁴They have venom like the ^(F)venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
⁵So that it ^(G)does not hear the voice of ^[g]^(H)charmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.

⁶God, ^(I)shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, Lord.
⁷May they ^(J)flow away like water that runs off;
When he ^[h]^(K)aims his arrows, may they be as ^[i]headless shafts.
⁸May they be like a snail which goes along in slime,
Like the ^(L)miscarriage of a woman that never sees the sun.
⁹Before your ^(M)pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will ^(N)sweep them away with a whirlwind, the ^[j]green and the burning alike.

¹⁰The ^(O)righteous will rejoice when he ^(P)sees vengeance;
He will ^(Q)wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
¹¹And people will say, “There certainly is ^[k]^(R)a reward for the righteous;
There certainly is a God who ^(S)judges on the earth!”

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.

For the music director; set to [a]Al-tashheth. A [b]Mikhtam of David.

For the music director; set to ^[a]Al-tashheth. A ^[b]Mikhtam of David.