1 D o ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2 Y ea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 T he wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

4 T heir poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

5 w hich will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

6 B reak their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

7 L et them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

8 A s 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.

Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

9 B efore your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

10 T he righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

11 S o that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.