Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 58. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-58/%20">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-58/ </a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-58-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-1">Do you judge the children of man uprightly?</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14782" class="text Ps-58-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-2">your hands deal out violence on earth.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14783" class="text Ps-58-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>The wicked are estranged from the womb;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-3">they go astray from birth, speaking lies.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14784" class="text Ps-58-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>They have venom like the venom of a serpent,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-4">like the deaf adder that stops its ear,</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14785" class="text Ps-58-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>so that it does not hear the voice of charmers</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-5">or of the cunning enchanter.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14786" class="text Ps-58-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>O God, break the teeth in their mouths;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-6">tear out the fangs of the young lions, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>!</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14787" class="text Ps-58-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Let them vanish like water that runs away;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-7">when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14788" class="text Ps-58-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-8">like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14789" class="text Ps-58-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-9">whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14790" class="text Ps-58-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-10">he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14791" class="text Ps-58-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-58-11">surely there is a God who judges on earth.”</span></span></p> <p><strong>What do you think? </strong><br> <strong>Comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-58/%20">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com</a></strong></p> </div>
