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58 (0) For the leader. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” By David, a mikhtam:

(1) [Rulers,] does your silence really speak justice?
Are you judging people fairly?
(2) [No!] In your hearts you devise wrongs,
your hands dispense violence in the land.

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Psalm 58[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b]

Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(A)
    Do you judge people with equity?
No, in your heart you devise injustice,(B)
    and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(C)

Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
  2. Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term