| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Justice—do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly? |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3These wicked people are born sinners; even from birth they have lied and gone their own way. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4They spit venom like deadly snakes; they are like cobras that refuse to listen, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5ignoring the tunes of the snake charmers, no matter how skillfully they play. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Break off their fangs, O God! Smash the jaws of these lions, O LORD! |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7May they disappear like water into thirsty ground. Make their weapons useless in their hands. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8May they be like snails that dissolve into slime, like a stillborn child who will never see the sun. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9God will sweep them away, both young and old, faster than a pot heats over burning thorns. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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.” |
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