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1DO you rulers really decree righteousness?
Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, you devise injustices in your heart;
your hands weigh out violence on the earth.
3 The wicked go astray from the womb;
from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.
4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf cobra that has stopped up its ears,
5 so it will not hear the voice of the charmer,
cunning though the enchanter may be.
6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;
tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7 Let them vanish like water that runs away;
when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows,
let them break in pieces.
8 Like a snail melting in its own slime as it moves,
like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9 Before your pots are heated by burning thorns,
whether green or dry, He will sweep them away as with a whirlwind.
10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance done,
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Then men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who judges the earth.”