King James Bible | King James Bible |
1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? | 1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? |
2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. | 2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. |
3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. | 3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. |
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; | 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; |
5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. | 5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. |
6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. | 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. |
7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. | 7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. |
8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. | 8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. |
9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. | 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. |
10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. | 10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. | 11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. |
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