Psalm 58

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58 Do you rulers really say what is right?
    Do you judge people in a fair way?
² No! You do not!
    You like to think of evil things to do.
You make cruel things happen
    everywhere in the land.
³ Wicked people do wrong things from their birth.
As soon as they are born,
    they start telling lies.
⁴ Their words hurt people
    like a snake's poison.
They listen to nobody,
    like a deaf cobra.
⁵ It does not obey the voice of the magician,
    even if he sings very well!^[b]
6 God, break the teeth of my enemies!
Yes, Lord, break into pieces
    the teeth of those lions!
⁷ Cause them to run away like water and disappear.
Cause them to die like dry grass in hot weather.
⁸ Cause them to be like a worm that melts as it moves along.
Cause them to be like a child that is born dead
    and never sees the light of day.
⁹ Remove them quickly,
    more quickly than pots become hot over a fire of thorn bushes.^[c]
10 When God punishes those wicked people,
    righteous people will be very happy.
They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked people!
¹¹ People who see it will say,
    ‘It is true! God helps good people!
There is a God who judges people on earth in a fair way.’