581 [1][2]Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity? 2 No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. 3 Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies. 4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears, 5 that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.
6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions! 7 Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short. 8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun. 9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns- whether they be green or dry-the wicked will be swept away.[3] 10 The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 Then people will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."
581 Do you indeed speak righteousness , O gods ? Do you judge uprightly , O sons of men ? 2 No , in heart you work unrighteousness ; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands . 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb ; These who speak lies go astray from birth . 4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent ; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear , 5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers , Or a skillful caster of spells .
6 O God , shatter their teeth in their mouth ; Break out the fangs of the young lions , O Lord . 7 Let them flow away like water that runs off ; When he aims his arrows , let them be as headless shafts . 8 Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun . 9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind , the green and the burning alike . 10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance ; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked . 11 And men will say , "Surely there is a reward for the righteous ; Surely there is a God who judges on earth !"
581 Is this any way to run a country? Is there an honest politician in the house? 2 Behind the scenes you brew cauldrons of evil, behind closed doors you make deals with demons. 3 The wicked crawl from the wrong side of the cradle; their first words out of the womb are lies. 4 Poison, lethal rattlesnake poison, drips from their forked tongues - 5 Deaf to threats, deaf to charm, decades of wax built up in their ears.
6 God, smash their teeth to bits, leave them toothless tigers. 7 Let their lives be buckets of water spilled, all that's left, a damp stain in the sand. Let them be trampled grass worn smooth by the traffic. 8 Let them dissolve into snail slime, be a miscarried fetus that never sees sunlight. 9 Before what they cook up is half-done, God, throw it out with the garbage! 10 The righteous will call up their friends when they see the wicked get their reward, Serve up their blood in goblets as they toast one another, 11 Everyone cheering, "It's worth it to play by the rules! God's handing out trophies and tending the earth!"
