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Psalm 58:1-2
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Psalm 58

For the choir director: A psalm[a] of David, to be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

1 Justice—do you rulers[b] know the meaning of the word?
    Do you judge the people fairly?
2 No! You plot injustice in your hearts.
    You spread violence throughout the land.

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  1. 58:Title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term.
  2. 58:1 Or you gods.
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Psalm 58:1-2
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58 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

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Psalm 58:1-2
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Psalm 58[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b]

1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(A)
    Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, in your heart you devise injustice,(B)
    and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(C)

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  1. Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
  2. Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
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