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Psalm 58
New International Version

### Psalm 58[a]

#### For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. Amiktam.[b]

1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(A)
Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, in your heart you devise injustice,(B)
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(C)

3 Even from birth the wicked go astray;
from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(D)
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 that will not heed(E)the tune of the charmer,(F)
however skillful the enchanter may be.

6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(G)
Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(H)
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away;(I)
when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(J)
8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,(K)
like a stillborn child(L)that never sees the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(M)—
whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[c](N)
10 The righteous will be glad(O)when they are avenged,(P)
when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.(Q)
11 Then people will say,
“Surely the righteous still are rewarded;(R)
surely there is a God who judges the earth.”(S)

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
2. Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
3. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 58:1:Ps 82:2
2. Psalm 58:2:Mt 15:19
3. Psalm 58:2:Ps 94:20; Isa 10:1; Lk 6:38
4. Psalm 58:4:S Nu 21:6
5. Psalm 58:5:Ps 81:11
6. Psalm 58:5:Ecc 10:11; Jer 8:17
7. Psalm 58:6:Ps 3:7
8. Psalm 58:6:S Job 4:10
9. Psalm 58:7:S Lev 26:36; S Job 11:16
10. Psalm 58:7:Ps 11:2; 57:4; 64:3
11. Psalm 58:8:Isa 13:7
12. Psalm 58:8:S Job 3:16
13. Psalm 58:9:Ps 118:12; Ecc 7:6
14. Psalm 58:9:S Job 7:10; S 21:18
15. Psalm 58:10:S Job 22:19
16. Psalm 58:10:Dt 32:35; Ps 7:9; 91:8; Jer 11:20; Ro 12:17-21
17. Psalm 58:10:Ps 68:23
18. Psalm 58:11:S Ge 15:1; S Ps 128:2; Lk 6:23
19. Psalm 58:11:S Ge 18:25

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