Psalms 57

1For the End; corrupt not; by David; for a pillar inscription.

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2If, then, you truly speak of righteousness, Do you judge rightly, O you sons of men?

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3For in your heart you work lawlessness in the earth; Your hands weave unrighteousness.

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4Sinners are alienated from the womb; From birth they are led astray; they speak lies.

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5Their anger is according to the likeness of a serpent; Like a deaf asp that stops its ears,

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6Which will not listen to the sound of charms, Nor to an enchantment of a skillful charmer.

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7God shattered their teeth in their mouths; The Lord broke the teeth of the lions.

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8They shall pass along like water running through; He will bend His bow until they are weakened.

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9Like melting wax they will be destroyed; Fire fell on them, and they never saw the sun.

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10Before your thorns are aware of its prickly shrub, He will swallow you up, as if you were alive, as if in His anger.

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11A righteous man shall be glad when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly; He shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

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12A man will say, "If indeed there is fruit for the righteous man, Then it is God who judges them on the earth."

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