3 The wicked backslide from the womb;liars go astray from birth.
4 Their venom is like a snake’s venom—like a deaf cobra’s—one that shuts its ears
5 so it can’t hear the snake charmer’s voiceor the spells of a skillful enchanter.
6 God, break their teeth out of their mouths!Tear out the lions’ jawbones, Lord!
7 Let them dissolve like water flowing away.When they bend the bow,let their arrows be like headless shafts.
8 Like the snail that dissolves into slime,like a woman’s stillborn child,let them never see the sun.
9 Before your pots feel the thorns,whether green or burned up,God will sweep them away!