1 Do you mighty people* talk

only to oppose justice?*

Don't you ever judge fairly?

2 You are always planning evil,

and you are brutal.

3 You have done wrong and lied

from the day you were born.

4 Your words spread poison

like the bite of a cobra

5 that refuses to listen

to the snake charmer.

6 My enemies are fierce

as lions, Lord God!

Shatter their teeth.

Snatch out their fangs.

7 Make them disappear

like leaking water,

and make their arrows miss.

8 Let them dry up like snails

or be like a child that dies

before seeing the sun.

9 Wipe them out quicker

than a pot can be heated

by setting thorns on fire.*

10 Good people will be glad

when they see the wicked

getting what they deserve,

and they will wash their feet

in their enemies' blood.

11 Everyone will say, "It's true!

Good people are rewarded.

God does indeed rule the earth

with justice."