New American Standard Bible 1995 NASB95
English Standard Version ESV
1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
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Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.
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No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.
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The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
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They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
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so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.
6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD .
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O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7 Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
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Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
8 Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
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Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
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Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!"
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Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth. ”
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