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Psalms 58:1-5
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Psalms 58:1-5
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For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.
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[a]
[b]
Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?
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No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
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Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
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Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
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that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.
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1.
Psalms 82:2
2.
Matthew 15:19
3.
Psalms 94:20
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Isaiah 10:1
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Luke 6:38
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Malachi 3:15
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Numbers 21:6
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Psalms 140:3
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Ecclesiastes 10:11
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Psalms 81:11
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Ecclesiastes 10:11
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Jeremiah 8:17
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[a].
In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
[b].
Title: Probably a literary or musical term
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