To the chief musician, Al-tascheth , of David, Michtam .{HR}Silence indeed! do ye speak righteousness?{HR}Do ye judge equitably, sons of men?
Yea, in heart ye work iniquities;{HR}In the earth ye weigh the violence of your hands.
The wicked are estranged from the womb;{HR}They err from the birth (belly), speaking lies.
They have poison after the likeness of the poison of a serpent,{HR}As the deaf adder which stoppeth its ear,
Which will not hearken to the voice of enchanters,{HR}Of one charming charms most wise.
O God, destroy their teeth in their mouth;{HR}Shatter the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Let them melt away as waters, let them go away.{HR}When he sendeth his arrows, be they as those cut off.
As a snail melteth, let them pass;{HR}As abortion of a woman, let them not see the sun.
Before your pots feel a thorn,{HR}Whether green or burning,{HR}Let them whirl away.
The righteous one shall rejoice,{HR}For he hath seen vengeance;{HR}His steps he shall wash in the blood of the wicked one;
And a man shall say, Surely the righteous one hath fruit;{HR}Surely there is a God judging in the earth.