English / ERV
Psalms 58
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1You judges are not being fair in your decisions. You are not judging people fairly.
- 2No, you only think of evil things to do. You do violent crimes in this country.
- 3Those wicked people started doing wrong as soon as they were born. They have been liars from birth.
- 4Their anger is as deadly as the poison of a snake.[1] They shut their ears like a deaf cobra
- 5that does not listen to the music of the snake charmers, no matter how well they play.
- 6God, they are like lions. So, LORD, break their teeth.
- 7May they disappear like water down a drain. May they be crushed like weeds on a path.[2]
- 8May they be like snails melting away as they move. May they be like a baby born dead, who never saw the light of day.
- 9May they be destroyed suddenly, like the thorns that are burned to quickly heat a pot.
- 10Good people will be happy when they see the wicked getting the punishment they deserve. They will feel like soldiers walking through the blood of their enemies![3]
- 11Then people will say, “Good people really are rewarded. Yes, there is a God judging the world!”[4]