Psalms 58

₁Do you mighty people talk

only to oppose justice?

Don't you ever judge fairly?

₂You are always planning evil,

and you are brutal.

₃You have done wrong and lied

from the day you were born.

₄Your words spread poison

like the bite of a cobra

₅that refuses to listen

to the snake charmer.

₆My enemies are fierce

as lions, LORD God!

Shatter their teeth.

Snatch out their fangs.

₇Make them disappear

like leaking water,

and make their arrows miss.

₈Let them dry up like snails

or be like a child that dies

before seeing the sun.

₉Wipe them out quicker

than a pot can be heated

by setting thorns on fire.

₁₀Good people will be glad

when they see the wicked

getting what they deserve,

and they will wash their feet

in their enemies' blood.

₁₁Everyone will say, “It's true!

Good people are rewarded.

God does rule the earth

with justice.”