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1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
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2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
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3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
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4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
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5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
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7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
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9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
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10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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- 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
- 2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.
- 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.
- 4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
- 5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
- 6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.
- 7 Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
- 8 Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
- 9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
- 10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- 11 And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”
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