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# Chapter 58
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1 Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?
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Do you judge people fairly?
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2 No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
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with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.
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3 The wicked go astray from the womb;
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liars wander about from birth.
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4 They have venom like the venom of a snake,
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like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,
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5 that does not listen to the sound of the charmers
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who skillfully weave spells.
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6 God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;
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Lord, tear out the young lions’ fangs.
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7 May they vanish like water that flows by;
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may they aim their blunted arrows.
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8 Like a slug that moves along in slime,
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like a woman’s miscarried child,
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may they not see the sun.
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9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
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whether green or burning—
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he will sweep them away.
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10 The righteous one will rejoice
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when he sees the retribution;
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he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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11 Then people will say,
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“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!
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There is a God who judges on earth!” |