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Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you ajudge uprightly, O sons of men?
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No, in heart you awork unrighteousness; On earth you bweigh out the violence of your hands.
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The wicked are estranged afrom the womb; These who speak lies bgo astray from birth.
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They have venom like the avenom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
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So that it adoes not hear the voice of bcharmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
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O God, ashatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
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Let them aflow away like water that runs off; When he baims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
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Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the amiscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
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Before your apots can feel the fire of thorns He will bsweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
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The arighteous will rejoice when he bsees the vengeance; He will cwash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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And men will say, "Surely there is a areward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who bjudges on earth!"
Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
