| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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? | 1For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? |
| 2No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth. | 2No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. |
| 3The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born. | 3The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. |
| 4Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear, | 4They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, |
| 5that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer. | 5So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. |
| 6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD! | 6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD. |
| 7Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass! | 7Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. |
| 8Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun! | 8Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun. |
| 9Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat. | 9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. |
| 10The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. | 10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 11Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!" | 11And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!" |
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