Psalm 58:1-6

Complete Jewish Bible

58 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” By David, a mikhtam:

^2 (1) [Rulers,] does your silence really speak justice?
Are you judging people fairly?
^3 (2) [No!] In your hearts you devise wrongs,
your hands dispense violence in the land.

^4 (3) From the womb, the wicked are estranged,
liars on the wrong path since birth.
^5 (4) Their venom is like snake’s venom;
they are like a serpent that stops its ears,
^6 (5) so as not to hear the voice of the charmer,
no matter how well he plays.