New King James Version NKJV
King James Version KJV
1 To the Chief Musician. Set to 'Do Not Destroy.' A Michtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?
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Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
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Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray 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 be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the 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 will not heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully.
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
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Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.
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Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
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As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
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 will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who judges in the earth."
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So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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