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Wipe them out quicker
than a pot can be heated
    by setting thorns on fire.[a]

10 Good people will be glad
when they see the wicked
    getting what they deserve,
and they will wash their feet
    in their enemies' blood.
11 Everyone will say, “It's true!
    Good people are rewarded.
God does indeed rule the earth
    with justice.”

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  1. 58.9 Wipe … fire: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(A)
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[a](B)
10 The righteous will be glad(C) when they are avenged,(D)
    when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.(E)
11 Then people will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;(F)
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”(G)

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  1. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.