1To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam[1] of David. Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[2] Do you judge the children of man uprightly? (مز 16:1; مز 57:1)2No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth. (مز 94:20)3The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies. (مز 51:5; إش 48:8)4They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, (تث 32:33; مز 140:3)5so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter. (إر 8:17)6O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord! (أي 4:10; أي 29:17; مز 3:7)7Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted. (يش 7:5; مز 64:3; مز 112:10)8Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime, like the stillborn child who never sees the sun. (أي 3:16; مز 58:7)9Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away![3] (أي 27:21; مز 118:12; أم 10:25; جا 7:6)10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. (تث 32:43; أي 22:19; مز 68:23)11Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.” (تك 18:25; أي 19:29; مز 67:4; مز 94:2; جا 12:14; إش 3:10)