Do you decree what is right, O you gods?
Do you judge uprightly, sons of men?
Know in your hearts you work evil, And your hands weigh out violence on the
earth.
The wicked go astray from the womb, They err from their birth, speaking lies.
They have venom like a poisonous serpent, Like an adder that is deaf to all
charmers.
Do you decree what is right, O you gods?
Do you judge uprightly, sons of men?
Know in your hearts you work evil, And your hands weigh out violence on the
earth.
O God, break the teeth in their mouths.
O Lord, remove the fangs of these lions.
Let them vanish like water that runs off.
When they aim, let their arrows have no tips.
Do you decree what is right, O you gods?
Do you judge uprightly, sons of men?
Know in your hearts you work evil, And your hands weigh out violence on the
earth.
Like a snail that dissolves into slime, Like a stillbirth that never sees the sun.
Before our pots can feel the heat of thorns, Both the burning and the green are
swept away.
Do you decree what is right, O you gods?
Do you judge uprightly, sons of men?
Know in your hearts you work evil, And your hands weigh out violence on the
earth.
The righteous shall rejoice to see the vengeance.
In the blood of the wicked bathe his feet.
Men will say there is reward for the just.
There is a God who judges on the earth.