To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David
1Do youp indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do youp judge uprightly, O youp sons of men?
2Yea, in heart youp work wickedness; youp weigh the violence of yourp hands in the earth.
3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;
5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. listen
6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when He bends His bow to shoot His arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8As a snail which melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. miscarriage
9Before yourp pots can feel the thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in His wrath.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily He is a God that judges in the earth. truly, absolutely
