| New American Standard Bible 1995 | King James Bible |
| 1For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? | 1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? |
| 2No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. | 2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. |
| 3The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. | 3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. |
| 4They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, | 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; |
| 5So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. | 5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. |
| 6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD. | 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. |
| 7Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. | 7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. |
| 8Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun. | 8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. |
| 9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. | 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. |
| 10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. | 10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 11And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!" | 11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. |
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