Book
Chapter
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Do you rulers ever give a just decision? Do you judge everyone fairly?
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No! You think only of the evil you can do, and commit crimes of violence in the land.
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Evildoers go wrong all their lives; they tell lies from the day they are born.
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They are full of poison like snakes; they stop up their ears like a deaf cobra,
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which does not hear the voice of the snake charmer, or the chant of the clever magician.
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Break the teeth of these fierce lions, O God.
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May they disappear like water draining away; may they be crushed like weeds on a path.
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May they be like snails that dissolve into slime; may they be like a baby born dead that never sees the light.
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Before they know it, they are cut down like weeds; in his fierce anger God will blow them away while they are still living.
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The righteous will be glad when they see sinners punished; they will wade through the blood of the wicked.
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People will say, "The righteous are indeed rewarded; there is indeed a God who judges the world."
