“The wicked go astray from birth; They are wayward, liars from the time they are born.” (Psalm 58:3)
Maybe the psalmist was having a bad day.
“Their venom is like the venom of serpents; They are deaf like the cobra that stops up its ear. It will not listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful their spells. (v 4-5)
Whoa.
O God, knock the teeth out of their mouth! Break the jaws of these lions, O Jehovah! (v 6)
Whoa.
“May they disappear like waters that drain away.” (v 7)
Why does that time-old question arise in my mind, completely unbidden: Do waters swirl down the drain in opposite directions as you cross hemispheres? The answer is easily found but then you always forget.
“May they be like a snail that melts away as it moves along.” (v 8 )
The sun does a number on that slimy thing.
“Like a woman’s stillborn child who never sees the sun.” (v 8 )
Whoa.
“The righteous one will rejoice because he has seen the vengeance; His feet will be drenched with the blood of the wicked. Then men will say: ‘Surely there is a reward for the righteous. There is indeed a God who judges in the earth.’” (v 10-11)
It’s probably good not to cross this One.
*** The bookstore
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