Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Psalms chapter 58

Do you truly speak what is ? Do you judge people with fairness?No—in your you plot injustice. Your hands violence across the land.The go wrong from the moment they are born; they wander off-course from the , speaking lies.Their is like the venom of a snake, like a that shuts its ears tight,that will not respond to the voice of , no matter how skilled the .God, the teeth in their mouths! , tear out the fangs of these !Let them that drains away. When they draw their bows, let their .Let them be like a as it moves, like a that never sees the sun.Before your can feel the heat of thorns— whether green or blazing—he will .The will be glad when he sees justice done; he will of the corrupt.And people will say, “Yes—there really is a for those who live right. Yes—there really is a God who to the earth.”