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