1
the
chief
Musician,
Altaschith,
Michtam
of
David.
Do
ye
indeed
speak
righteousness,
O
congregation?
do
ye
judge
uprightly,
O
ye
sons
of
men?
2
Yea,
in
heart
ye
work
wickedness;
ye
weigh
the
violence
of
your
hands
in
the
earth.
3
The
wicked
are
estranged
from
the
womb:
they
go
astray
as
soon
as
they
be
born,
speaking
lies.
4
Their
poison
[is]
like
the
poison
of
a
serpent:
[they
are]
like
the
deaf
adder
[that]
stoppeth
her
ear;
5
Which
will
not
hearken
to
the
voice
of
charmers,
charming
never
so
wisely.
6
Break
their
teeth,
O
God,
in
their
mouth:
break
out
the
great
teeth
of
the
young
lions,
O
LORD.
7
Let
them
melt
away
as
waters
[which]
run
continually:
[when]
he
bendeth
[his
bow
to
shoot]
his
arrows,
let
them
be
as
cut
in
pieces.
8
As
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.
9
Before
your
pots
can
feel
the
thorns,
he
shall
take
them
away
as
with
a
whirlwind,
both
living,
and
in
[his]
wrath.
10
The
righteous
shall
rejoice
when
he
seeth
the
vengeance:
he
shall
wash
his
feet
in
the
blood
of
the
wicked.
11
So
that
a
man
shall
say,
Verily
[there
is]
a
reward
for
the
righteous:
verily
he
is
a
God
that
judgeth
in
the
earth.