1 Do you mighty people talkonly to oppose justice?Don't you ever judge fairly?
2 You are always planning evil,and you are brutal.
3 You have done wrong and liedfrom the day you were born.
4 Your words spread poisonlike the bite of a cobra
5 that refuses to listento the snake charmer.
6 My enemies are fierceas lions, Lord God!Shatter their teeth.Snatch out their fangs.
7 Make them disappearlike leaking water,and make their arrows miss.
8 Let them dry up like snailsor be like a child that diesbefore seeing the sun.
9 Wipe them out quickerthan a pot can be heatedby setting thorns on fire.
10 Good people will be gladwhen they see the wickedgetting what they deserve,and they will wash their feetin their enemies' blood.
11 Everyone will say, “It's true!Good people are rewarded.God does indeed rule the earthwith justice.”