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Psalms 58:3-11 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

3. The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray from the belly, speaking lies.

4. Their venom is like snake venom; They are like a deaf viper that closes its ear

5. so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or the skilled caster of spells.

6. O God, break their teeth in their mouth. Break off the fangs of the young lions, O Yahweh.

7. Let them run away like water that runs off. When he bends the bow, let his arrows be as though they were cut off.

8. Let them be like a snail that melts away as it goes; like the stillborn of woman that do not see the sun.

9. Before your pots can feel the heat of a thornbush, whether green or dry, he will sweep it away.

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

11. And people will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous. Surely there is a God who judges in the land.”