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1 Do you rulers really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?
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Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2 No, in your heart you plan evil; you think up violent crimes in the land.
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No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.
3 From birth, evil people turn away from God; they wander off and tell lies as soon as they are born.
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The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 They are like poisonous snakes, like deaf cobras that stop up their ears
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They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
5 so they cannot hear the music of the snake charmer no matter how well he plays.
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so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.
6 God, break the teeth in their mouths! Tear out the fangs of those lions, 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 disappear like water that flows away. Let them be cut short like a broken arrow.
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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 like snails that melt as they move. Let them be like a child born dead who never saw 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 His anger will blow them away alive faster than burning thorns can heat a pot.
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Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
10 Good people will be glad when they see him get even. They will wash their 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 Then people will say, "There really are rewards for doing what is right. There really is a God who judges the world."
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Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth. ”