1. Psalm 58:1-11 ( Tune: I Sing the Mighty Power of God)
Words: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 58A
Music: I Sing the Mighty Power, Gesangbuch der Herogl
Arrangement: Chris Reeves

2. 1. You may be god, but can you claim that you speak…
right-eous-ness?
And do you judge the sons of men in truth and up-right-ness?

3. No, e- ven in your very - y heart you wick-ed-ness…
pro-duce;
On earth you weigh out with your hands your vi- o - lent a-buse.

4. 2. The wick-ed from their day of birth are stran-gers to the way;
They from the womb come speak-ing lies…
they wan-der far a-way.

5. They have the ven-om of a snake; they have an ad-der’s ear
Which they have closed to charm-ers’ songs skilled…
charm-ers they’ll not hear.

6. 3. O God in-side their o-pened mouths…
break off their cru- el teeth;
The fangs of these young li-ons, Lord, tear out by roots be-neath.

7. Let them like run-off wa- ters be that leave the…
ground soon dry.
Let a- rows that he aims be-come like head-less shafts that fly.

8. 4. Let them be like the snails that melt a- long the course…
they run;
Or like one pre-ma-ture- ly born who ne- ver sees the sun.

9. They are like bla-zing thorns which you be-neath your…
ket-tles lay,
whose heat is scarce-ly felt be-fore a wind sweeps them a-way.

10. 5. The just re- joic-es when he sees that ven-geance…
is com-plete
For in the blood of wic-ked men he then will wash his feet.

11. They’ll say, There sure-ly is re-ward for right-eous…
ones of worth;
There sure-ly is a liv-ing God who judg-es in the earth.