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1For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?
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2No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.
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3The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.
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4Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,
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5that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.
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6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!
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7Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!
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8Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!
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9Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.
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10The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
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11Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!"
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