1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

1 ¶ Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness?
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.

2 ¶ Yea, in heart ye work wickedness;
Ye weigh out 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.

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;

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.

5 ¶ Which hearkeneth not 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.

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.

7 ¶ Let them melt away as water that runneth apace:
When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

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.

8 ¶ Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away:
Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen 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.

9 ¶ Before your pots can feel the thorns,
He shall take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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.

11 ¶ So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.