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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 58 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/58.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/58-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Psalm 58</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/57.htm" title="Psalm 57">◄</a> Psalm 58 <a href="../psalms/59.htm" title="Psalm 59">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A special psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune “Don't Destroy.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.58.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> )</h3><h3 class="s1">A Prayer When All Goes Wrong</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.1" class="v19_58_1">1</span>Do you mighty people<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.58.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> talk</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_1">only to oppose justice?<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.58.1!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_1">Don't you ever judge fairly?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.2" class="v19_58_2">2</span>You are always planning evil,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_2">and you are brutal.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.3" class="v19_58_3">3</span>You have done wrong and lied</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_3">from the day you were born.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.4" class="v19_58_4">4</span>Your words spread poison</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_4">like the bite of a cobra</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.5" class="v19_58_5">5</span>that refuses to listen</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_5">to the snake charmer.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.6" class="v19_58_6">6</span>My enemies are fierce</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_6">as lions, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_6">Shatter their teeth.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_6">Snatch out their fangs.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.7" class="v19_58_7">7</span>Make them disappear</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_7">like leaking water,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_7">and make their arrows miss.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.8" class="v19_58_8">8</span>Let them dry up like snails</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_8">or be like a child that dies</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_8">before seeing the sun.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.9" class="v19_58_9">9</span>Wipe them out quicker</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_9">than a pot can be heated</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_9">by setting thorns on fire.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.58.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.10" class="v19_58_10">10</span>Good people will be glad</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_10">when they see the wicked</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_10">getting what they deserve,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_10">and they will wash their feet</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_10">in their enemies' blood.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.58.11" class="v19_58_11">11</span>Everyone will say, “It's true!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_11">Good people are rewarded.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_58_11">God does indeed rule the earth</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_58_11">with justice.”</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">Psalm 58 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Don't Destroy: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">58.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">mighty people: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “mighty rulers” or “mighty gods.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">58.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Do … justice: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">58.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Wipe … fire: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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