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To the director: To the tune “Don’t Destroy.” A miktam of David.

58 You judges are not being fair in your decisions.
    You are not judging people fairly.
No, you only think of evil things to do.
    You do violent crimes in this country.
Those wicked people started doing wrong as soon as they were born.
    They have been liars from birth.

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Psalm 58[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b]

Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(A)
    Do you judge people with equity?
No, in your heart you devise injustice,(B)
    and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(C)

Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
  2. Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term