Psalms 58 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.

To the Chief Musician; set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Mikhtam of David..

1Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?

Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?

2No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing;

On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.

3The wicked are estranged from the womb;

These go astray from birth, speaking lies.

4Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;

They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,

5So that it does not listen to the voice of charmers,

Or of the skillful enchanter casting spells.

6¶O God, break their teeth in their mouth;

Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

7Let them flow away like water that runs off;

When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.

8 Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along,

Like the miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.

9Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns,

He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

10¶The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;

He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;

Surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”