1 [To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.] Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: {they are} like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

5 Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

7 Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

8 Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; {like} the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

9 Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, -they shall be whirled away.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

11 And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

1 掌权者啊！ 你们真的讲公义吗（本句或译： "你们默然不语， 真的讲公义吗"）？你们真的按照正直审判世人吗？

2 不是的， 你们心中策划奸恶； 你们的手在地上施行强暴（本句原文作"你们在地上称出你们手中的强暴"）。

3 恶人一出母胎， 就走上歧路； 他们一离母腹， 就走偏了路， 常说谎话。

4 他们的毒气好像蛇的毒气， 又像耳朵塞住的聋虺，

5 不听行法术者的声音， 就是极灵的咒语， 也是无效。

6 神啊！ 求你敲掉他们口中的牙齿； 耶和华啊！ 求你打断少壮狮子的颚骨。

7 愿他们像流水般消逝； 愿他们射箭的时候， 箭头折断（本句原文意义不甚明确）。

8 愿他们像蜗牛般蠕行消融， 如同妇人流产未见天日的胎儿。

9 你们用荆棘烧火， 锅还未热， 他要用旋风把烧着的和未烧着的一起刮去。

10 义人看见仇敌遭报就欢喜； 他要在恶人的血中洗自己的脚。

11 因此， 人必说： "义人果然有善报； 在世上确有一位施行审判的 神。"