| King James Bible | NET 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? | 1For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly? |
| 2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. | 2No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth. |
| 3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. | 3The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born. |
| 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; | 4Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear, |
| 5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. | 5that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer. |
| 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. | 6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the 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 disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass! |
| 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. | 8Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never 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 the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat. |
| 10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. | 10The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their 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. | 11Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!" |
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