| New Living Translation | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Justice—do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly? | 1Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly? |
| 2No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land. | 2No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land. |
| 3These wicked people are born sinners; even from birth they have lied and gone their own way. | 3The wicked go astray from the womb; liars wander about from birth. |
| 4They spit venom like deadly snakes; they are like cobras that refuse to listen, | 4They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears, |
| 5ignoring the tunes of the snake charmers, no matter how skillfully they play. | 5that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells. |
| 6Break off their fangs, O God! Smash the jaws of these lions, O LORD! | 6God, knock the teeth out of their mouths; LORD, tear out the young lions' fangs. |
| 7May they disappear like water into thirsty ground. Make their weapons useless in their hands. | 7May they vanish like water that flows by; may they aim their blunted arrows. |
| 8May they be like snails that dissolve into slime, like a stillborn child who will never see the sun. | 8Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman's miscarried child, may they not see the sun. |
| 9God will sweep them away, both young and old, faster than a pot heats over burning thorns. | 9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns--whether green or burning--he will sweep them away. |
| 10The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. | 10The righteous one will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 11Then at last everyone will say, “There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.” | 11Then people will say, "Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!" |
| Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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