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¹ [1]ⓐ ⓑ Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[2] Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

² No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your handsⓒ deal out violence on earth.

³ The wicked areⓓ estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

⁴ ⓔ They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

⁵ so that itⓕ does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.

⁶ O God,ⓖ break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!

⁷ Let themⓗ vanish like water that runs away; when heⓘ aims his arrows, let them be blunted.

⁸ Let them be like the snailⓙ that dissolves into slime, likeⓚ the stillborn child who never sees the sun.

⁹ Sooner than your pots can feel the heat ofⓛ thorns, whether green or ablaze, may heⓜ sweep them away![3]

¹⁰ ⓝ The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he willⓞ bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

¹¹ Mankind will say, “Surely there isⓟ a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God whoⓠ judges on earth.”

#	ESV
1	[1]ⓐ ⓑ Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[2] Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2	No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your handsⓒ deal out violence on earth.
3	The wicked areⓓ estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4	ⓔ They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
5	so that itⓕ does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.
6	O God,ⓖ break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!
7	Let themⓗ vanish like water that runs away; when heⓘ aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
8	Let them be like the snailⓙ that dissolves into slime, likeⓚ the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
9	Sooner than your pots can feel the heat ofⓛ thorns, whether green or ablaze, may heⓜ sweep them away![3]
10	ⓝ The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he willⓞ bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11	Mankind will say, “Surely there isⓟ a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God whoⓠ judges on earth.”

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