Psalm 58

 ¹ Do you rulers really say what is right?
       Do you judge people fairly?
 ² No, in your heart you plan evil;
       you think up violent crimes in the land.
 ³ From birth, evil people turn away from God;
       they wander off and tell lies as soon as they are born.
 ⁴ They are like poisonous snakes,
       like deaf cobras that stop up their ears
 ⁵ so they cannot hear the music of the snake charmer
       no matter how well he plays.

 ⁶ God, break the teeth in their mouths!
       Tear out the fangs of those lions, Lord!
 ⁷ Let them disappear like water that flows away.
       Let them be cut short like a broken arrow.
 ⁸ Let them be like snails that melt as they move.
       Let them be like a child born dead who never saw the sun.
 ⁹ His anger will blow them away alive
       faster than burning thorns can heat a pot.
 ¹⁰ Good people will be glad when they see him get even.
       They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
 ¹¹ Then people will say,
       "There really are rewards for doing what is right.
       There really is a God who judges the world."  (Psalm 58, New Century Version) Pin It Now!