| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? | 1For the choir director: "Do Not Destroy." A Davidic Miktam. Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly? |
| 2No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. | 2No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land. |
| 3The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. | 3The wicked go astray from the womb; liars err from birth. |
| 4They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, | 4They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears, |
| 5So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. | 5that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells. |
| 6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD. | 6God, knock the teeth out of their mouths; LORD, tear out the young lions' fangs. |
| 7Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. | 7They will vanish like water that flows by; they will aim their useless arrows. |
| 8Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun. | 8Like a slug that moves along in slime, like a woman's miscarried child, they will not see the sun. |
| 9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. | 9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns-- whether green or burning-- He will sweep them away. |
| 10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. | 10The righteous one will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 11And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!" | 11Then people will say," Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!" |
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