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1 ( Dàwèi de jīn shī , jiāo yǔ líng zhǎng , diàoyòng xiū yào huǐhuaì ) shìrén nǎ , nǐmen mò rán bù yǔ , zhēn hé gōngyì ma . shīxíng shĕnpàn , qǐ àn zhèngzhí ma .
1
Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?
2 Bù rán , nǐmen shì xīn zhōng zuò è . nǐmen zaì dì shang chēng chū nǐmen shǒu suǒxíng de qiángbào .
2
No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
3 È rén yī chū mǔ tāi , jiù yǔ shén shū yuǎn . yī lí mǔ fù , biàn zǒu cuò lù , shuōhuǎng huà .
3
Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 Tāmende dúqì , hǎoxiàng shé de dúqì . tāmen hǎoxiàng sāi ĕr de lóng huī ,
4
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 Bù tīng xíng fǎshù de shēngyīn . suī yòng jí líng de zhòu yǔ , yĕ shì bù tīng .
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that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.
6 Shén a , qiú nǐ qiāo suì tāmen kǒu zhōng de yá . Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ qiāo diào shǎo zhuàng shīzi de dà yá .
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Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions!
7 Yuàn tāmen xiāomiè rú jí liú de shuǐ yìbān . tāmen chǒu zhún shè jiàn de shíhou , yuàn jiàn tóu fǎngfú kǎn duàn .
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Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
8 Yuàn tāmen xiàng wō niú xiāohuà guo qù , yòu xiàng fùrén zhuìluò wèi jiàn tiān rì de tāi .
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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 Nǐmen yòng jīngjí shāo huǒ . guō hái wèi rè , tā yào yòng xuán fēng bǎ qīng de hé shāo zhe de yī qí guā qù .
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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 Yì rén jiàn chóudí zāo bào , jiù huānxǐ , yào zaì è rén de xuè zhōng xǐ jiǎo .
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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 Yīncǐ , rén bì shuō , yì rén chéngrán yǒu shàn bào . zaì dì shang guǒ yǒu shīxíng pànduàn de shén .
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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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