1To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam[1] of David. Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[2] Do you judge the children of man uprightly? (诗16:1; 诗57:1)2No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. (诗94:20)3The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies. (诗51:5; 赛48:8)4They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, (申32:33; 诗140:3)5so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter. (耶8:17)6O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord! (伯4:10; 伯29:17; 诗3:7)7Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted. (书7:5; 诗64:3; 诗112:10)8Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun. (伯3:16; 诗58:7)9Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away![3] (伯27:21; 诗118:12; 箴10:25; 传7:6)10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. (申32:43; 伯22:19; 诗68:23)11Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.” (创18:25; 伯19:29; 诗67:4; 诗94:2; 传12:14; 赛3:10)