| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? | 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? |
| 2No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. | 2No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. |
| 3The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. | 3The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. |
| 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear, | 4They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, |
| 5Which will not heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully. | 5So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. |
| 6Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD! | 6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD. |
| 7Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces. | 7Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. |
| 8Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun. | 8Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun. |
| 9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath. | 9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. |
| 10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, | 10The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 11So that men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who judges in the earth.” | 11And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!" |
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