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1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?
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<<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David.>> Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
2 No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
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No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
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The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
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Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.
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Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.
6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions!
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Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
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Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.
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Let them be as a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep away, the green and the burning alike.
10 The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.
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The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
11 Then people will say, “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”
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So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth."