Psalm 58:6-11

Good News Translation

⁶ Break the teeth of these fierce lions, O God.
⁷ May they disappear like water draining away;
    may they be crushed like weeds on a path.^[a]
8 May they be like snails that dissolve into slime;
    may they be like a baby born dead that never sees the light.
⁹ Before they know it, they are cut down like weeds;
    in his fierce anger God will blow them away
    while they are still living.^[b]

¹⁰ The righteous will be glad when they see sinners punished;
    they will wade through the blood of the wicked.
¹¹ People will say, “The righteous are indeed rewarded;
    there is indeed a God who judges the world.”