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Monday, May 20th, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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New American Standard Bible (1995 Edition)

Psalms 58

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Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.

For the choir director; set to [a]Al-tashheth. A [b]Mikhtam of David.

1 Do you indeed [c]speak righteousness, O [d]gods?
Do you (a)judge [e]uprightly, O sons of men?
2 No, in heart you (b)work unrighteousness;
On earth you (c)weigh out the violence of your hands.
3 The wicked are estranged (d)from the womb;
These who speak lies (e)go astray from [f]birth.
4 They have venom like the (f)venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
5 So that it (g)does not hear the voice of [g](h)charmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.

6 O God, (i)shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
7 Let them (j)flow away like water that runs off;
When he [h](k)aims his arrows, let them be as [i]headless shafts.
8 Let them be as a snail which [j]melts away as it goes along,
Like the (l)miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
9 Before your (m)pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will (n)sweep them away with a whirlwind, the [k]green and the burning alike.

10 The (o)righteous will rejoice when he (p)sees the vengeance;
He will (q)wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 And men will say, "Surely there is a [l](r)reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who (s)judges [m]on earth!"

 
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