| 1 לַמְנַצֵּחַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת לְדָוִד מִכְתָּם | 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? |
| 2 הַאֻמְנָם אֵלֶם צֶדֶק תְּדַבֵּרוּן מֵישָׁרִים תִּשְׁפְּטוּ בְּנֵי אָדָם | 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. |
| 3 אַף־בְּלֵב עֹולֹת תִּפְעָלוּן בָּאָרֶץ חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסוּן | 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. |
| 4 זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִים מֵרָחֶם תָּעוּ מִבֶּטֶן דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב | 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; |
| 5 חֲמַת־לָמֹו כִּדְמוּת חֲמַת־נָחָשׁ כְּמֹו־פֶתֶן חֵרֵשׁ יַאְטֵם אָזְנֹו | 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. |
| 6 אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִשְׁמַע לְקֹול מְלַחֲשִׁים חֹובֵר חֲבָרִים מְחֻכָּם | 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. |
| 7 אֱלֹהִים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּימֹו בְּפִימֹו מַלְתְּעֹות כְּפִירִים נְתֹץ ׀ יְהוָה | 7 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. |
| 8 יִמָּאֲסוּ כְמֹו־מַיִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָמֹו יִדְרֹךְ [חִצֹּו כ] (חִצָּיו ק) כְּמֹו יִתְמֹלָלוּ | 8 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. |
| 9 כְּמֹו בְּלוּל תֶּמֶס יַהֲלֹךְ נֵפֶל אֵשֶׁת בַּל־חָזוּ שָׁמֶשׁ | 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. |
| 10 בְּטֶרֶם יָבִינוּ סִּירֹתֵיכֶם אָטָד כְּמֹו־חַי כְּמֹו־חָרֹון יִשְׂעָרֶנּוּ | 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 11 יִשְׂמַח צַדִּיק כִּי־חָזָה נָקָם פְּעָמָיו יִרְחַץ בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע | 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. |
| 12 וְיֹאמַר אָדָם אַךְ־פְּרִי לַצַּדִּיק אַךְ יֵשׁ־אֱלֹהִים שֹׁפְטִים בָּאָרֶץ | |