Psalm 58

1For the leader; al tashḥeth. Of David. A michtam.

2aO mighty ones, do you really decree what is just?Do you judge mankind with equity?

3In your minds you devise wrongdoing in the land;awith your hands you deal out lawlessness.

4The wicked are defiant from birth;the liars go astray from the womb.

5Their venom is like that of a snake,a deaf viper that stops its ears

6so as not to hear the voice of charmersor the expert mutterer of spells.

7O God, smash their teeth in their mouth;shatter the fangs of lions, O LORD;

8let them melt, let them vanish like water;let Him aim His arrows that they be cut down;

9alike a snail that melts away as it moves;like a woman’s stillbirth, may they never see the sun!

10Before athe thorns grow into a bramble,may He whirl them away alive in fury.

11The righteous man will rejoice when he sees revenge;he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

12Men will say,“There is, then, a reward for the righteous;there is, indeed, divine justice on earth.”