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58:1 To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David. Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the sons of men uprightly? 58:2 Nay, in your hearts you devise wrongs;your hands deal out violence on earth. 58:3 The wicked go astray from the womb, they err from their birth, speaking lies. 58:4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, 58:5 so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter. 58:6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths;tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD! 58:7 Let them vanish like water that runs away;like grass let them be trodden down and wither. 58:8 Let them be like the snail which dissolves into slime, like the untimely birth that never sees the sun. 58:9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away! 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. 58:11 Men will say, 'Surely there is a reward for the righteous;surely there is a God who judges on earth.' 58:12