1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?2 Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.3 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 adder that stops her ear;5 Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.8 As a snail which melts, 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 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.11 So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God that judges in the earth.

1 Do you indeed speak justice, O silent ones? Do you judge with equity, O sons of men?2 Indeed, in heart you work injustice; you weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from the belly, speaking lies.4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,5 which will not heed the charmer’s voice, who charms so skillfully.6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the fangs of the young lions, O Jehovah.7 Let them flow away like waters that move along. When he bends his bow to shoot arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.8 Let them be as a snail that melts away; as a stillborn child of a woman, that has not seen the sun.9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, whether green or glowing, He shall sweep it away.10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.11 And man shall say, Truly, there is a reward for the righteous; truly, there is a God who judges in the earth.