23 lines
1.1 KiB
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23 lines
1.1 KiB
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# Chapter 58
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1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?
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Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
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2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
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your hands deal out violence on earth.
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3 The wicked are estranged from the womb;
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they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
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4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
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like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
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5 so that it does not hear the voice of charmers
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or of the cunning enchanter.
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6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
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tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
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7 Let them vanish like water that runs away;
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when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
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8 Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,
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like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
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9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
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whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
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10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
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he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
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surely there is a God who judges on earth.” |