God Judges the Earth
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam 1of David.
Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Isa 11:3-5Psa 57:1Deu 16:18-19Psa 72:1-42Ch 19:6-72Sa 23:3Deu 1:15-16Jer 23:5-6
Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; Isa 10:1Psa 94:20Ecc 3:16Ezk 22:27Mic 3:1-3Ezk 22:12Isa 26:7Isa 59:4-6
with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; Psa 51:5Isa 48:8Pro 22:15Eph 2:3Job 15:14Psa 22:10Isa 46:3
the liars go astray from birth.
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, Jas 3:8Psa 140:3Ecc 10:11Jer 8:17Rom 3:13Deu 32:33Isa 11:8Job 20:14
like a cobra that shuts its ears,
refusing to hear the tune of the charmer Jer 8:17Deu 18:11Isa 19:3
who skillfully weaves his spell.
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; Psa 3:7Hos 5:14Job 29:17Job 4:10-11Mic 5:8Psa 10:15Psa 17:12Ezk 30:21-26
O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
May they vanish Jos 7:5Psa 112:10Exo 15:15Isa 13:7Jos 2:9-11Psa 64:32Sa 17:10Psa 22:14
like water that runs off;
when they draw the bow,
may their arrows be blunted. 2
Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, Job 3:16Ecc 6:3Jas 1:10Psa 37:35-36Mat 24:35
like a woman’s stillborn child,
may they never see the sun.
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— Pro 10:25Ecc 7:6Psa 118:12Isa 17:13Jer 23:19Isa 40:24Job 18:18Job 20:5-29
whether green or dry—
He will sweep them away.
The righteous will rejoice Psa 68:23Psa 91:8Pro 11:10Rev 11:17-18Deu 32:43Psa 64:10Psa 107:42Jdg 5:31
when they see they are avenged;
they will wash their feet
in the blood of the wicked.
Then men will say, Isa 3:10Psa 67:4Psa 33:18Psa 64:9Mal 2:17Mal 3:14Rom 2:5Psa 98:9
“There is surely a reward for the righteous!
There is surely a God who judges the earth!”