Psalm 58. A Prayer for God to Punish the Wicked.

1-Corinthians_15-58: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord

Do you rulers ever give a just decision?
Do you judge everyone fairly?

2 No! You think only of the evil you can do,
and commit crimes of violence in the land.

3 Evildoers go wrong all their lives;
they tell lies from the day they are born.

4 They are full of poison like snakes;
they stop up their ears like a deaf cobra,

5 which does not hear the voice of the snake charmer,
or the chant of the clever magician.

6 Break the teeth of these fierce lions, O God.

7 May they disappear like water draining away;
may they be crushed like weeds on a…