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Psalm 58

Psalm

For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

 Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me,

for I take refuge in you until these troubles are over.

I stay under your wings for protection until this destruction is over.

2 I will cry to God Most High,

to God, who does all things for me.

3 He will send help from heaven and save me,

he is angry with those who crush me. Selah will send me his loving kindness and his faithfulness.

4 My life is among lions;

I am among those who are ready to devour me.

I am among people whose teeth are spears and arrows,

and whose tongues are sharp swords.

5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens;

let your glory be above all the earth.

6 They spread out a net for my feet;

I was distressed.

They dug a pit in front of me.

They themselves have fallen into the middle of it! Selah

7 My heart is fixed, God, my heart is fixed;

I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.

8 Wake up, my honored heart; wake up, lute and harp;

I will wake up the dawn.

9 I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples;

I will sing praises to you among the nations.

10 For great is your unfailing love, reaching to the heavens;

and your faithfulness to the clouds.

11 Be exalted, God, above the heavens;

may your glory be exalted over all the earth.

Psalm

For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam.

 Do you indeed rulers speak righteousness you silent ones?

Do you judge uprightly, you people?

2 No, you commit wickedness in your heart;

you distribute violence throughout the land with your hands.

3 The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb;

they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

4 Their poison is like a snake’s poison;

they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,

5 that pays no attention to the voice of charmers,

no matter how skillful they are.

6 Break their teeth in their mouths, God;

break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

7 Let them melt away as water that runs off;

when they shoot their arrows, let them be as though they had no points.

8 Let them be like a snail that melts and passes away,

like the untimely-born child of a woman that never sees the sunlight.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorn’s burning heat,

he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green thorns and the burning thorns alike.

10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees God’s vengeance;

he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

11 so that men will say, “Truly, there is a reward for the righteous person;

truly there is a God who judges the earth.”