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| 58:2: No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. |
| 58:3: The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. |
| 58:4: Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, |
| 58:5: Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be. |
| 58:6: Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh. |
| 58:7: Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. |
| 58:8: Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun. |
| 58:9: Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, He will sweep away the green and the burning alike. |
| 58:10: The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; |
| 58:11: So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth." |
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