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1Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
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2No, in your heart you plot injustice.
You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
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3The wicked go astray from the womb.
They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
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4Their poison is like the poison of a snake;
like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
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5which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers,
no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
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6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
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7Let them vanish like water that flows away.
When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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8Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
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9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
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10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
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11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous.
Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
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