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 charmers 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.