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!"