1
Do ye
indeed speak righteousness, O
congregation? do ye
judge uprightly, O ye
sons of
men?
~'n.mUa;h ~'T.kim diw'd.l tex.v;T -l;a ;xeC;n.m;l ? yen.B .Wj.P.viT ~yir'vyem !.WreB;d.T q,d,c ~,lea ? ~'d'a
2
Yea, in
heart ye
work wickedness; ye
weigh the
violence of your
hands in the
earth.
~,kyed.y s;m]x #,r'a'B !.Wl'[.piT t{lw{[ bel.B -p;a ? !.WseL;p.T
3
The
wicked are
estranged from the
womb: they go
astray as soon as they be
born, speaking lies.
b'z'k yer.b{D !,j,Bim .W['T ~,x'rem ~yi['v.r .Wr{z
4
Their
poison is
like the
poison of a
serpent: they are like the
deaf adder that
stoppeth her
ear;
!,t,p -w{m.K v'x'n -t;m]x t.Wm.diK w{m'l -t;m]x ? w{n.z'a ~ej.a;y verex
5
Which will not
hearken to the
voice of
charmers,
charming* never so
wisely.
~yir'b]x rebw{x ~yiv]x;l.m lw{q.l [;m.vIy -a{l r,v]a ? ~'KUx.m
6
Break their
teeth, O
God, in their
mouth: break
out the great
teeth of the young
lions, O
LORD.
~yiryip.K tw{[.T.l;m w{myip.B w{myeNiv -s'r]h ~yih{l/a ? h'wh.y #{t.n
7
Let them melt
away as
waters which run
continually: when he
bendeth his bow to shoot his
arrows, let them be as cut in
pieces.
.${r.dIy w{m'l -.Wk.L;h.tIy ~Iy;m -w{m.k .Ws]a'MIy ? .Wl'l{m.tIy w{m.K w{Cix
8
As a
snail which
melteth, let every one of them pass
away: like the untimely
birth of a
woman, that they may not
see the
sun.
.Wz'x -l;B t,vea l,pen .${l]h;y s,m,T l.Wl.B;v w{m.K ? v,m'v
9
Before your
pots can
feel the
thorns, he shall take them away as with a
whirlwind, both
living, and in his
wrath.
y;x -w{m.K d'j'a ~,kyet{ryiS .Wnyib'y ~,r,j.B ? .WN,r'[.fIy !w{r'x -w{m.K
10
The
righteous shall
rejoice when he
seeth the
vengeance: he shall
wash his
feet in the
blood of the
wicked.
#;x.rIy wy'm'[.P ~'q'n h'z'x -yiK qyiD;c x;m.fIy ? ['v'r'h ~;d.B
11
So that a
man shall
say, Verily there is a
reward for the
righteous: verily he
is a
God that
judgeth in the
earth.
~yih{l/a -vey .$;a qyiD;C;l yir.P -.k;a ~'d'a r;ma{y.w ? #,r'a'B ~yij.p{v