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Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David. | ||||
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| 1 For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? | 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? | 1 [For the choir director; [al tashcheth]; a [miktam] by David.] Do you rulers really give fair verdicts? Do you judge Adam's descendants fairly? | 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? | 1 {To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men? | 2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. | 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. | 2 No, you invent new crimes on earth, and your hands spread violence. | 2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out 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; These who speak lies go astray from birth. | 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. | 3 [Even] inside the womb wicked people are strangers [to God]. From their birth liars go astray. | 3 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. | 3 The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies. | 4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, | 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; | 4 They have poisonous venom like snakes. They are like a deaf cobra that shuts its ears | 4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear, | 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear; | 5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. | 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. | 5 so that it cannot hear the voice of a snake charmer or of anyone trained to cast spells. | 5 which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be. | 5 Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs 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. | 6 O God, knock the teeth out of their mouths. Break the young lions' teeth, O LORD. | 6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh. | 6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. | 7 Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. | 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 disappear like water that drains away. When they aim their bows, let their arrows miss the target. | 7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. | 7 Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted: | 8 Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun. | 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 become like a snail that leaves behind a slimy trail or like a stillborn child who never sees the sun. | 8 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun. | 8 Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; like the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun. | 9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. | 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. | 9 Let [God] sweep them away faster than a cooking pot is heated by burning twigs. | 9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike. | 9 Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, they shall be whirled away. | 10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will 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. | 10 Righteous people will rejoice when they see [God] take revenge. They will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people. | 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees 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 footsteps in the blood of the wicked: | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!" | 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 Then people will say, "Righteous people certainly have a reward. There is a God who judges on earth." | 11 so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. | 11 And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. |
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