1 D o you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

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

2 N o, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out 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 are 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 cobra that stops its 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 heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully.

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

6 B reak their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs 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 flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if 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 L et them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, Like a stillborn child 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 burning thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning 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 sees 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 men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who judges 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.