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58 (1) For the leader; *al tashḥeth*. Of David. A *michtam*.
(2) O mighty ones, do you really decree what is just?
Do you judge mankind with equity? (3) In your minds you devise wrongdoing in the land;
with your hands you deal out lawlessness. (4) The wicked are defiant from birth;
the liars go astray from the womb. (5) Their venom is like that of a snake,
a deaf viper that stops its ears (6) so as not to hear the voice of charmers
or the expert mutterer of spells.
(7) O God, smash their teeth in their mouth;
shatter the fangs of lions, O LORD; (8) let them melt, let them vanish like water;
let Him aim His arrows that they be cut down; (9) like a snail that melts away as it moves;
like a woman’s stillbirth, may they never see the sun! (10) Before the thorns grow into a bramble,
may He whirl them away alive in fury.
(11) The righteous man will rejoice when he sees revenge;
he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. (12) Men will say,
“There is, then, a reward for the righteous;
there is, indeed, divine justice on earth.”
Version: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, published by JPS
Source: https://jps.org/books/tanakh-the-holy-scriptures-blue/
License: CC-BY-NC