58:1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? |
58:2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. |
58:3 The wicked have become estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. |
58:4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, |
58:5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. |
58:6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD. |
58:7 Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them resemble headless shafts. |
58:8 Let them resemble a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun. |
58:9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. |
58:10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
58:11 And men will say, "Surely a reward for the righteous exists; Surely God judges on earth!" |