Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Do ye indeed in
silence
speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Do ye indeed speak righteousness ,
O
congregation
? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Nay
, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out
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 stoppeth her ear ,
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ;
Which hearkeneth
not to the voice of charmers, Charming never 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 Jehovah
.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD
.
Let them melt away as water
that
runneth
apace
: When he aimeth
his arrows, let them be as though
they
were
cut off
.
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
.
`Let
them
be'
as a snail which melteth and
passeth
away
, `
Like '
the untimely birth of a woman, that hath
not seen
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 will
take them away with a whirlwind, the
green
and the
burning
alike
.
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 seeth 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 men
shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there
is a God that judgeth in the earth. Psalm
59
For
the
Chief
Musician;
`set
to'
Al-tashheth.
`A
Psalm'
of
David.
Michtam;
when
Saul
sent,
and
they
watched
the
house
to
kill
him.
So that a
man
shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he
is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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