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To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A <span class="emphasis">miktam.</span> <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Title: Probably a literary or musical term">b</a></sup></span> </p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Do you rulers indeed speak justly?</p><p class="line2">Do you judge people with equity?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>No, in your heart you devise injustice,</p><p class="line2">and your hands mete out violence on the earth.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Even from birth the wicked go astray;</p><p class="line2">from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their venom is like the venom of a snake,</p><p class="line2">like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>that will not heed the tune of the charmer,</p><p class="line2">however skillful the enchanter may be.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;</p><p class="line2"><span class="name">Lord</span>, tear out the fangs of those lions!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let them vanish like water that flows away;</p><p class="line2">when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,</p><p class="line2">like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—</p><p class="line2">whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.">c</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,</p><p class="line2">when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/58-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then people will say,</p><p class="line2">“Surely the righteous still are rewarded;</p><p class="line2">surely there is a God who judges the earth.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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