| International Standard Version | International Standard Version |
| 1How is it that by remaining silent you can speak righteously? How can you judge people fairly? | 1How is it that by remaining silent you can speak righteously? How can you judge people fairly? |
| 2As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent! | 2As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent! |
| 3The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth. | 3The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth. |
| 4Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears, | 4Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears, |
| 5refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmer, the cunning enchanter. | 5refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmer, the cunning enchanter. |
| 6God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; LORD, break the fangs of the young lions! | 6God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; LORD, break the fangs of the young lions! |
| 7May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows. | 7May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows. |
| 8May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun. | 8May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun. |
| 9Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns— whether green or ablaze— wrath will sweep them away like a storm. | 9Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns— whether green or ablaze— wrath will sweep them away like a storm. |
| 10The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked. | 10The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 11A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." | 11A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." |
The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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