[1] Do you truly speak righteousness, O heavenly gods? Do you judge uprightly, O earthly men? [2] Indeed, in the heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. [3] The wicked are estranged from the womb onward; those who speak lies go astray from birth. [4] Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; they are like the deaf adder that plugs its ear, [5] and will not listen to the voice of charmers, even the best and wisest enchanter. [6] Break their teeth in their mouth, O God; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. [7] May they melt away as waters which run continually; when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be trodden under. [8] May they become as a snail that melts as it goes, like the untimely birth of a woman, may they not see the sun. [9] Before your pots can feel the thorns' heat, green or burning, may He sweep them away. [10] The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; [11] and people will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on the earth."
