Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? Do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear;

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Let them melt away as waters that run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be cut in pieces.

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

As a snail that melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

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

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God who judges in the earth.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.