^{1 Ref} > Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

^{2 Ref} No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

^{3 Ref} The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

^{4 Ref} Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

^{5 Ref} Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.

^{6 Ref} Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

^{7 Ref} Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

^{8 Ref} Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

^{9 Ref} Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, He will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

^{10 Ref} The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

^{11 Ref} So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth."