Do you indeed 1speak
righteousness
, O 2gods
? Do you ajudge
3uprightly
, O sons
of men
?
No, in heart
you awork
unrighteousness
; On earth
you bweigh
out the violence
of your hands
.
The wicked are estranged
afrom the womb
; These who speak
lies
bgo
astray
from 1birth
.
They have venom like
the avenom
of a serpent
; Like
a deaf
cobra
that stops
up its ear
,
So that it adoes not hear
the voice
of 1 bcharmers
, Or a skillful
caster
of spells
.
O God, ashatter
their teeth
in their mouth
; Break
out the fangs
of the young
lions
, O LORD
.
Let them aflow away like
water
that runs
off
; When he 1 baims
his arrows
, let them be as 2headless
shafts
.
Let them be as a snail which 1melts
away
as it goes
along, Like the amiscarriages
of a woman
which never
see
the sun
.
Before your apots
can feel
the fire of thorns
He will bsweep
them away
with a whirlwind
, the 1green
and the burning
alike
.
The arighteous will rejoice
when
he bsees
the vengeance
; He will cwash
his feet
in the blood
of the wicked
.
And men will say
, "Surely
there is a 1 areward
for the righteous
; Surely
there
is a God
who bjudges
2on earth
!"