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To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David. [1] Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? |
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No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. |
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[1†]The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. |
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[2†]Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear, |
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Which will not [3†]heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully. |
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[4†]Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD! |
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[5†]Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces. |
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Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, [6†]Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun. |
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Before your [7†]pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away [8†]as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath. |
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The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the [9†]vengeance; [10†]He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, |
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[11†]So that men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who [12†]judges in the earth.” |
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