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          DASV: Psalm 58    

For the music director, according to Do Not Destroy,
a Miktam of David

1 Do you rulers really speak righteousness?
     Do you judge people fairly?
2 No, in your heart you devise wickedness;
     you dole out the violence of your hands on earth.
3 The wicked turn astray even from the womb;
     they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a serpent,
     like a deaf adder that has shut its ear,
5 which does not listen to the voice of a snake whisperer,
     or to a skilled snake charmer.

6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth;
     rip open the jawbones of these young lions, O LORD.
7 Let them disappear like water that runs away;
     let them wither like trampled grass.
8 Let them be like a snail which squishes as it moves along,
     like a miscarried baby which never gets to see the sun.
9 Quicker than your pots can feel heat of thorns,
     whether green or burning, may he be swept away.
10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
     he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that people will say,
     "Surely, there is a reward for the righteous;
     surely there is a God that judges on earth."

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