Hello there. This is Mary Demuth and this is Pray Every Day where I pray through the Bible verse by verse.

Verse. I've said that a lot and I miss said it then, but that's okay. It shows that I am a normal human being that has lots of flaws.

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All right, today I'm reading Psalm 58 and 59 from the World English Bible, and this is what it says.

For the chief musician to the tune of, do not destroy a poem by David, Psalm 58.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the

violence of your hands in the earth. The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they

are born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear.

Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers,

no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.

Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

Let them vanish like waters that flow away.

When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child who has not seen the sun. Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike. The righteous shall rejoice

when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked so that men shall say

most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.

Mind if I pray for you. That phraseology in verse 8, let them be like a snail which melts

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