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Unfair Judges

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

58 Do you rulers really say what is right?
    Do you judge people fairly?
No, in your heart you plan evil.
    You think up violent crimes in the land.
From birth evil men start doing bad things.
    They tell lies and do wrong as soon as they are born.
They are like poisonous snakes,
    like deaf cobras that can’t hear.
They cannot hear the music of the snake charmer
    no matter how well he plays for them.

God, break the teeth out of their mouths!
    Tear out the fangs of those lions, Lord!
Let them disappear like water that flows away.
    Let them be cut short like a broken arrow.
Let them be like snails that melt as they move.
    Let them be like a child born dead who never saw the sun.
His anger will blow them away alive.
    It will happen faster than burning thorns can heat a pot.
10 Good people will be glad when they see him get even.
    They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Then people will say,
    “There really are rewards for doing what is right.
    There really is a God who judges the world.”

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