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1. Do you rulers really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 , Al H516 -taschith, Michtam H4387 of David H1732 . Do ye indeed H552 speak H1696 righteousness H6664 , O congregation H482 ? do ye judge H8199 uprightly H4339 , O ye sons H1121 of men H120 ?
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2. No, in your heart you plan evil; you think up violent crimes in the land.
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2. Yea H637 , in heart H3820 ye work H6466 wickedness H5766 ; ye weigh H6424 the violence H2555 of your hands H3027 in the earth H776 .
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3. From birth, evil people turn away from God; they wander off and tell lies as soon as they are born.
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3. The wicked H7563 are estranged H2114 from the womb H4480 H7358 : they go astray H8582 as soon as they be born H4480 H990 , speaking H1696 lies H3577 .
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4. They are like poisonous snakes, like deaf cobras that stop up their ears
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4. Their poison H2534 is like H1823 the poison H2534 of a serpent H5175 : they are like H3644 the deaf H2795 adder H6620 that stoppeth H331 her ear H241 ;
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5. so they cannot hear the music of the snake charmer no matter how well he plays.
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5. Which H834 will not H3808 hearken H8085 to the voice H6963 of charmers H3907 , charming H2266 H2267 never so wisely H2449 .
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6. God, break the teeth in their mouths! Tear out the fangs of those lions, Lord!
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6. Break H2040 their teeth H8127 , O God H430 , in their mouth H6310 : break out H5422 the great teeth H4459 of the young lions H3715 , O LORD H3068 .
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7. Let them disappear like water that flows away. Let them be cut short like a broken arrow.
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7. Let them melt away H3988 as H3644 waters H4325 which run H1980 continually: when he bendeth H1869 his bow to shoot his arrows H2671 , let them be as H3644 cut in pieces H4135 .
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8. Let them be like snails that melt as they move. Let them be like a child born dead who never saw the sun.
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8. As H3644 a snail H7642 which melteth H8557 , let every one of them pass away H1980 : like the untimely birth H5309 of a woman H802 , that they may not H1077 see H2372 the sun H8121 .
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9. His anger will blow them away alive faster than burning thorns can heat a pot.
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9. Before H2962 your pots H5518 can feel H995 the thorns H329 , he shall take them away as with a whirlwind H8175 , both H3644 living H2416 , and in H3644 his wrath H2740 .
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10. Good people will be glad when they see him get even. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
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10. The righteous H6662 shall rejoice H8055 when H3588 he seeth H2372 the vengeance H5359 : he shall wash H7364 his feet H6471 in the blood H1818 of the wicked H7563 .
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11. Then people will say, "There really are rewards for doing what is right. There really is a God who judges the world."
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11. So that a man H120 shall say H559 , Verily H389 there is a reward H6529 for the righteous H6662 : verily H389 he is H3426 a God H430 that judgeth H8199 in the earth H776 .
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