Psalm 58

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

³ The wicked go astray from the womb;
    they err from their birth, speaking lies.^(C)
4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
    like the deaf adder that stops its ear,^(D)
5 so that it does not hear the voice of charmers
    or of the cunning enchanter.^(E)

⁶ O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
    tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!^(F)
7 Let them vanish like water that runs away;
    like grass let them be trodden down^[a] and wither.^(G)
8 Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,
    like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.^(H)
9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
    whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!^(I)

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance done;
    they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.^(J)
11 People will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
    surely there is a God who judges^[b] on earth.”^(K)