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For the director of music. To the tune of"Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men?
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No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
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Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.
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Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
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that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.
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Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O LORD, the fangs of the lions!
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Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.
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Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.
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Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns--whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away.
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The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
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Then men will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."
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