| 58:1 |
Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men? |
| 58:2 |
No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. |
| 58:3 |
Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies. |
| 58:4 |
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears, |
| 58:5 |
that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be. |
| 58:6 |
Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions! |
| 58:7 |
Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted. |
| 58:8 |
Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun. |
| 58:9 |
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns--whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away. |
| 58:10 |
The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 58:11 |
Then men will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth." |
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