1 For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam. Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men?
2 and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
3 from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.
4 like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 however skillful the enchanter may be.
6 tear out, O Lord, the fangs of the lions!
7 when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.
8 like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun.
9 whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
10 when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 “Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.”
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