Psalms 58 David rebukes the wicked. God will punish them and save the righteous

 Psalms 58

David rebukes the wicked. God will punish them and save the righteous

1 Do you indeed speak justice, O congregation? Do you judge righteously, O sons of men?

2 But in your hearts you devise iniquity; you make the violence of your hands heavy on the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, uttering lies.

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; they are like a deaf adder that has stopped its ears,

5 So that it cannot hear the voice of charmers, of the charmer who is skilled in enchantments.

6 Break their teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out the jaws of the young lions, O Lord.

7 Let them vanish like waters that run away; if they bend their arrows, let them be broken to pieces.

8 They are like the sting of a serpent, and the sting of a deaf adder. 8 Like a snail that melts, so they are gone; like a woman's untimely birth, they never see the sun.

9 Before the thorns can warm your pots, they will be swept away, and the green ones, like those that are burning, as if by a whirlwind.

10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11 Then a man will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges the earth."