[1] Do you rulers really give fair verdicts? Do you judge Adam's descendants fairly? [2] No, you invent new crimes on earth, and your hands spread violence. [3] Even inside the womb wicked people are strangers to God. From their birth liars go astray. [4] They have poisonous venom like snakes. They are like a deaf cobra that shuts its ears [5] so that it cannot hear the voice of a snake charmer or of anyone trained to cast spells. [6] O God, knock the teeth out of their mouths. Break the young lions' teeth, O LORD. [7] Let them disappear like water that drains away. When they aim their bows, let their arrows miss the target. [8] Let them become like a snail that leaves behind a slimy trail or like a stillborn child who never sees the sun. [9] Let God sweep them away faster than a cooking pot is heated by burning twigs. [10] Righteous people will rejoice when they see God take revenge. They will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people. [11] Then people will say, "Righteous people certainly have a reward. There is a God who judges on earth."
