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This is for the music leader, and he should use special music.

David wrote this prayer.

God will judge all people[a]

58 Do you rulers really say what is right?
    Do you judge people in a fair way?
No! You do not!
    You like to think of evil things to do.
You make cruel things happen
    everywhere in the land.
Wicked people do wrong things from their birth.
As soon as they are born,
    they start telling lies.

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Footnotes

  1. 58:1 In this psalm, David asks God to punish his enemies. He knows that God is fair. He always does what is right. God is the one who judges everybody in a fair way. The Hebrew in some of the verses is very hard to understand. If you read other Bible translations, you will find that some of the verses seem different.