1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

1 לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵ֗ת לְדָוִ֥ד מִכְתָּֽם׃

2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

2 הַֽאֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

3 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

3 אַף־בְּלֵב֮ עֹולֹ֪ת תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּן בָּאָ֡רֶץ חֲמַ֥ס יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗ם תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃

4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

4 זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃

5 Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.

5 חֲמַת־לָ֗מֹו כִּדְמ֥וּת חֲמַת־נָחָ֑שׁ כְּמֹו־פֶ֥תֶן חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ יַאְטֵ֥ם אָזְנֹֽו׃

6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

6 אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יִ֭שְׁמַע לְקֹ֣ול מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים חֹובֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣ים מְחֻכָּֽם׃

7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

7 אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּ֥ימֹו בְּפִ֑ימֹו מַלְתְּעֹ֥ות כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים נְתֹ֣ץ׀ יְהוָֽה׃

8 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

8 יִמָּאֲס֣וּ כְמֹו־מַ֭יִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָ֑מֹו יִדְרֹ֥ךְ חִצֹּו חִ֝צָּ֗יו כְּמֹ֣ו יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃

9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, He will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

9 כְּמֹ֣ו בְּלוּל תֶּ֣מֶס יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ נֵ֥פֶל אֵ֝֗שֶׁת בַּל־חָ֥זוּ שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

10 בְּטֶ֤רֶם יָבִ֣ינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמֹו־חַ֥י כְּמֹו־חָ֝רֹ֗ון יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃

11 So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth."

11 יִשְׂמַ֣ח צַ֭דִּיק כִּי־חָזָ֣ה נָקָ֑ם פְּעָמָ֥יו יִ֝רְחַ֗ץ בְּדַ֣ם הָרָשָֽׁע׃