Psalms 58 - Prayer Tents

58[For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”] Justice—do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly?H5329H516H4387H1732H552H1696H6664H482H8199H4339H1121H120 2No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land.H3820H6466H5766H6424H2555H3027H776 3These wicked people are born sinners; even from birth they have lied and gone their own way.H7563H2114H7358H8582H990H1696H3577 4They spit venom like deadly snakes; they are like cobras that refuse to listen,H2534H1823H2534H5175H2795H6620H331H241 5ignoring the tunes of the snake charmers, no matter how skillfully they play.H8085H6963H3907H2266H2267H2449 6Break off their fangs, O God! Smash the jaws of these lions, O Lord!H2040H8127H430H6310H5422H4459H3715H3068 7May they disappear like water into thirsty ground. Make their weapons useless in their hands.H3988H4325H1980H1869H2671H4135 8May they be like snails that dissolve into slime, like a stillborn child who will never see the sun.H7642H8557H1980H5309H802H2372H8121 9God will sweep them away, both young and old, faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.H5518H995H329H8175H2416H2740 10The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.H6662H8055H2372H5359H7364H6471H1818H7563 11Then at last everyone will say, “There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.”H120H559H6529H6662H3426H430H8199H776