[1]To the chief MusicianH5329[H8764],AltaschithH516[H8686], MichtamH4387of DavidH1732. Do ye indeedH552speakH1696[H8762]righteousnessH6664, O congregationH482? do ye judgeH8199[H8799]uprightlyH4339, O ye sonsH1121of menH120?[2]Yea, in heartH3820ye workH6466[H8799]wickednessH5766; ye weighH6424[H8762]the violenceH2555of your handsH3027in the earthH776.[3]The wickedH7563are estrangedH2114[H8804]from the wombH7358: they go astrayH8582[H8804]as soon as they be bornH990, speakingH1696[H8802]liesH3577.[4]Their poisonH2534is likeH1823the poisonH2534of a serpentH5175: they are like the deafH2795adderH6620that stoppethH331[H8686]her earH241;[5]Which will not hearkenH8085[H8799]to the voiceH6963of charmersH3907[H8764], charmingH2266[H8802][H2267]never so wiselyH2449.[H8794][6]BreakH2040[H8798]their teethH8127, O GodH430, in their mouthH6310: break outH5422[H8800]the great teethH4459of the young lionsH3715, O LORDH3068.[7]Let them melt awayH3988[H8735]as watersH4325which run continuallyH1980[H8691]: when he bendethH1869[H8799]his bow to shoot his arrowsH2671, let them be as cut in piecesH4135.[H8709][8]As a snailH7642which meltethH8557, let every one of them pass awayH1980[H8799]: like the untimely birthH5309of a womanH802, that they may not seeH2372[H8804]the sunH8121.[9]Before your potsH5518can feelH995[H8799]the thornsH329, he shall take them away as with a whirlwindH8175[H8799], both livingH2416, and in his wrathH2740.[10]The righteousH6662shall rejoiceH8055[H8799]when he seethH2372[H8804]the vengeanceH5359: he shall washH7364[H8799]his feetH6471in the bloodH1818of the wickedH7563.[11]So that a manH120shall sayH559[H8799], Verily there is a rewardH6529for the righteousH6662: verily he isH3426a GodH430that judgethH8199[H8802]in the earthH776.