Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly?
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Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.
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No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
3 The wicked go astray from the womb; liars err from birth.
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Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,
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Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells.
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that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.
6 God, knock the teeth out of their mouths; Lord, tear out the young lions' fangs.
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Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions!
7 They will vanish like water that flows by; they will aim their useless arrows.
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Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
8 Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman's miscarried [child], they will not see the sun.
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May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns- whether green or burning- He will sweep them away.
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Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Then people will say, "Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!"
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Then people will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”
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