Hebrew Names Version HNV
American Standard Version ASV
1 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune "Do Not Destroy." A miktam by David.>> Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
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Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the eretz.
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Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
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The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
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Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
5 Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.
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Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
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Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
8 Let them be as a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
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[Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep away, the green and the burning alike.
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
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The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
11 So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the eretz."
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So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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