Lockman - Bible questions and answers

		Ps 58:1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)? Do you judge fairly, O sons of men? [Ps 82:1, 2]
		Ps 58:2 No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing; On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.
		Ps 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
		Ps 58:4 Their poison is like the venom of a serpent; They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,
		Ps 58:5 So that it does not listen to the voice of charmers, Or of the skillful enchanter casting [cunning] spells.
		Ps 58:6 ¶ O God, break their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.
		Ps 58:7 Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
		Ps 58:8 Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along, Like the miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.
		Ps 58:9 Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel], He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.
		Ps 58:10 ¶ The [unyieldingly] righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance [of God]; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
		Ps 58:11 Men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on the earth." To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] "Do Not Destroy." A Mikhtam of David, [a record of memorable thoughts] when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.<SS>

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