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