Psalm 58:1–2
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1–258Is this any way to run a country?
Is there an honest politician in the house?
Behind the scenes you brew cauldrons of evil,
behind closed doors you make deals with demons.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands deal out violence on earth.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Do you rulers indeed speak justly?
Do you judge people with equity?
No, in your heart you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?
Do you judge people fairly?
No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Justice—do you rulers know the meaning of the word?
Do you judge the people fairly?
No! You plot injustice in your hearts.
You spread violence throughout the land.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Do you really speak what is right when silent?
Do you judge fairly the children of humankind?
No, in your heart you plan injustices;
in the land you weigh out the violence of your hands.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?
Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness;
Ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
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