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Do you indeed ^(F1)speak righteousness, you ^(F2)gods? Do you ^(C1)judge ^(F3)fairly, you sons of mankind?

No, in heart you ^(C1)practice injustice; On earth you ^(C2)clear a way for the violence of your hands.

The wicked have turned away ^(C1)from the womb; These who speak lies ^(C2)go astray from ^(F1)birth.

They have venom like the ^(C1)venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

So that it ^(C1)does not hear the voice of ^(F1)(C2)charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.

God, ^(C1)shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, LORD.

May they ^(C1)flow away like water that runs off; When he ^(F1)(C2)aims his arrows, may they be as ^(F2)headless shafts.

May they be like a snail which goes along in slime, Like the ^(C1)miscarriage of a woman that never sees the sun.

Before your ^(C1)pots can feel the fire of thorns He will ^(C2)sweep them away with a whirlwind, the ^(F1)green and the burning alike.

The ^(C1)righteous will rejoice when he ^(C2)sees vengeance; He will ^(C3)wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

And people will say, "There certainly is ^(F1)(C1)a reward for the righteous; There certainly is a God who ^(C2)judges on the earth!"