1 | Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title. |
2 | If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men. |
3 | For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth. |
4 | Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods. |
5 | Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears, |
6 | who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely. |
7 | God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions. |
8 | They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened. |
9 | Like wax that flows, they will be carried away. Fire has fallen upon them, and they will not see the sun. |
10 | Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage. |
11 | The just one will rejoice when he sees vindication. He will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. |
12 | And man will say, "If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth." |