Psalms, chapter 58
A Prayer When All Goes Wrong
o you mighty people talk only to oppose justice?
Don't you ever judge fairly?
2You are always planning evil, and you are brutal.
3You have done wrong and lied
from the day you were born.
4Your words spread poison like the bite of a cobra
5that refuses to listen to the snake charmer.
6My enemies are fierce as lions, Lord God!
Shatter their teeth. Snatch out their fangs.
7Make them disappear like leaking water,
and make their arrows miss.
8Let them dry up like snails
or be like a child that dies before seeing the sun.
9Wipe them out quicker than a pot can be heated
by setting thorns on fire.
10Good people will be glad
when they see the wicked getting what they deserve,
and they will wash their feet in their enemies' blood.
11Everyone will say, “It's true!
Good people are rewarded.
God does indeed rule the earth with justice.”