Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.

For the choir director; {set to} Al-tashheth.

A Mikhtam of David.

1
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods?
Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? 2
No, in heart you work unrighteousness;
On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. 3
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth. 4
They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, 5
So that it does not hear the voice of charmers,
{Or} a skillful caster of spells.

 6
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD. 7
Let them flow away like water that runs off;
{When} he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. 8
{Let them be} as a snail which melts away as it goes along,
{Like} the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun. 9
Before your pots can feel {the fire of} thorns
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

 10
The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11
And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who judges on earth!