Psalms 58:1-7

¹For the music director. According to “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm (miktam) of David. You leaders, do you really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?

²No, for in your minds you plan evil. You cause violence everywhere!

³The wicked are sinners from birth; from the moment they're born they tell lies.

⁴They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,

⁵refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmers or the spellbinders.

⁶God, break their teeth, and smash the jaws of these lions, Lord.

⁷May they vanish like water that flows away; when they shoot their arrows may they miss their mark.