Psalm 58:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Psalm 58

Prayer for Vengeance

To the leader: Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam.

¹Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?^[a]
Do you judge people fairly?
²No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands deal out violence on earth.

³The wicked go astray from the womb;
they err from their birth, speaking lies.

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Psalm 58:1 Or mighty lords

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

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