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

Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

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

Yea, 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 are born, speaking lies.

The wicked go astray from the womb; they err 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: like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

5 W hich hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

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

O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

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

Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

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

Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

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

Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning,—they shall be whirled away.

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 footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

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

And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.