Galactic Bible

Psalm 58

For the music director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.

1Do you indeed speak righteousness, you gods?

Do you judge fairly, you sons of mankind?

2No, in heart you practice injustice;

On earth you clear a way for the violence of your hands.

3The wicked have turned away from the womb;

These who speak lies go astray from birth.

4They have venom like the venom of a serpent;

Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

5So that it does not hear the voice of charmers,

Or a skillful caster of spells.

6¶God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;

Break out the fangs of the young lions, Lord.

7May they flow away like water that runs off;

When he aims his arrows, may they be as headless shafts.

8 May they be like a snail which goes along in slime,

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

9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns

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

10¶The righteous will rejoice when he sees vengeance;

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

11And people will say, “There certainly is a reward for the righteous;

There certainly is a God who judges on the earth!”

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