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58.4 :Their venom is like the venom of a serpent;
 * They are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
 * Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers,
 * Or of the most cunning binder of spells.


 * Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth;
 * Break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O.
 * Let them melt away as water that runneth apace;
 * When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
 * Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away;
 * Like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun.
 * Before your pots can feel the thorns,
 * He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.


 * The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance;
 * He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
 * And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous;
 * Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'

For the Leader; Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David; Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.


 * Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God;
 * Set me on high from them that rise up against me.
 * Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
 * And save me from the men of blood.
 * For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul;
 * The impudent gather themselves together against me;
 * Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O.
 * Without my fault, they run and prepare themselves;
 * Awake Thou to help me, and behold.
 * Thou therefore, O God of hosts, the God of Israel,
 * Arouse Thyself to punish all the nations;
 * Show no mercy to any iniquitous traitors.


 * They return at evening, they howl like a dog,
 * And go round about the city.
 * Behold, they belch out with their mouth;
 * Swords are in their lips:
 * 'For who doth hear?'
 * But Thou, O, shalt laugh at them;
 * Thou shalt have all the nations in derision.
 * Because of his strength, I will wait for Thee;
 * For God is my high tower.


 * The God of my mercy will come to meet me;
 * God will let me gaze upon mine adversaries.
 * Slay them not, lest my people forget,
 * Make them wander to and fro by Thy power, and bring them down,
 * O Lord our shield.
 * For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,
 * Let them even be taken in their pride,
 * And for cursing and lying which they speak.