| 58:1 |
<> Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? |
| 58:2 |
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. |
| 58:3 |
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. |
| 58:4 |
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, |
| 58:5 |
which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be. |
| 58:6 |
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh. |
| 58:7 |
Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. |
| 58:8 |
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun. |
| 58:9 |
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike. |
| 58:10 |
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; |
| 58:11 |
so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." |
