1 To the chief Musician * h5329 h8764, Altaschith * h516 h8686, Michtam * h4387 of David * h1732. Do ye indeed * h552 speak * h1696 h8762 righteousness * h6664, O congregation * h482? do ye judge * h8199 h8799 uprightly * h4339, O ye sons * h1121 of men * h120? Altaschith...: or, Destroy not Michtam: or, A golden Psalm
2 Yea, in heart * h3820 ye work * h6466 h8799 wickedness * h5766; ye weigh * h6424 h8762 the violence * h2555 of your hands * h3027 in the earth * h776.
3 The wicked * h7563 are estranged * h2114 h8804 from the womb * h7358: they go astray * h8582 h8804 as soon as they be born * h990, speaking * h1696 h8802 lies * h3577. as soon...: Heb. from the belly
4 Their poison * h2534 is like * h1823 the poison * h2534 of a serpent * h5175: they are like the deaf * h2795 adder * h6620 that stoppeth * h331 h8686 her ear * h241; like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc adder: or, asp
5 Which will not hearken * h8085 h8799 to the voice * h6963 of charmers * h3907 h8764, charming * h2266 h8802 * h2267 never so wisely * h2449 h8794. charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning
6 Break * h2040 h8798 their teeth * h8127, O God * h430, in their mouth * h6310: break out * h5422 h8800 the great teeth * h4459 of the young lions * h3715, O LORD * h3068.
7 Let them melt away * h3988 h8735 as waters * h4325 which run continually * h1980 h8691: when he bendeth * h1869 h8799 his bow to shoot his arrows * h2671, let them be as cut in pieces * h4135 h8709.
8 As a snail * h7642 which melteth * h8557, let every one of them pass away * h1980 h8799: like the untimely birth * h5309 of a woman * h802, that they may not see * h2372 h8804 the sun * h8121.
9 Before your pots * h5518 can feel * h995 h8799 the thorns * h329, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind * h8175 h8799, both living * h2416, and in his wrath * h2740. both...: Heb. as living as wrath
10 The righteous * h6662 shall rejoice * h8055 h8799 when he seeth * h2372 h8804 the vengeance * h5359: he shall wash * h7364 h8799 his feet * h6471 in the blood * h1818 of the wicked * h7563.
11 So that a man * h120 shall say * h559 h8799, Verily there is a reward * h6529 for the righteous * h6662: verily he is * h3426 a God * h430 that judgeth * h8199 h8802 in the earth * h776. a reward...: Heb. fruit of the, etc