Parallel Chapters God Judges the Earth | 1For the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity? | 1Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly? | 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? | 1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? | 1For the choir director: "Do Not Destroy." A Davidic Miktam. Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly? |
| 2No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. | 2No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. | 2No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. | 2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. | 2No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land. |
| 3Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies. | 3The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies. | 3The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. | 3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. | 3The wicked go astray from the womb; liars err from birth. |
| 4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears, | 4They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, | 4They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, | 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; | 4They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears, |
| 5that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be. | 5so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter. | 5So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. | 5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. | 5that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells. |
| 6Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions! | 6O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD! | 6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD. | 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. | 6God, knock the teeth out of their mouths; LORD, tear out the young lions' fangs. |
| 7Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short. | 7Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted. | 7Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. | 7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. | 7They will vanish like water that flows by; they will aim their useless arrows. |
| 8May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun. | 8Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees 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. | 8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. | 8Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman's miscarried child, they will not see the sun. |
| 9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns-- whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away. | 9Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away! | 9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. | 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. | 9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns-- whether green or burning-- He will sweep them away. |
| 10The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked. | 10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his 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. | 10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his 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 people will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth." | 11Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.” | 11And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!" | 11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. | 11Then people will say," Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!" |
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