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Psalms 58 (CEV)

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¹ (A special psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune "Don't Destroy.") Do you mighty people talk only to oppose justice? Don't you ever judge fairly? ² You are always planning evil, and you are brutal. ³ You have done wrong and lied from the day you were born. ⁴ Your words spread poison like the bite of a cobra ⁵ that refuses to listen to the snake charmer. ⁶ My enemies are fierce as lions, LORD God! Shatter their teeth. Snatch out their fangs. ⁷ Make them disappear like leaking water, and make their arrows miss. ⁸ Let them dry up like snails or be like a child that dies before seeing the sun. ⁹ Wipe them out quicker than a pot can be heated by setting thorns on fire. ¹⁰ Good people will be glad when they see the wicked getting what they deserve, and they will wash their feet in their enemies' blood. ¹¹ Everyone will say, "It's true! Good people are rewarded. God does rule the earth with justice."