1David reproving wicked judges, 3describeth the nature of the wicked, 6and devoteth them to God's judgments, 10whereat the righteous shall rejoice.
0To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, 1Michtam of David.
1Or, Destroy not, A golden psalm. Pss. 16; 57, titles.
1DO aye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye bsons of men?
a Is. 59.8,9,13-15; 45.19. Ps. 82.2. b Ps. 82.1,6.
2Yea, in heart ye cwork wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
c Ps. 21.11; 94.20. Ec. 3.16. Is. 5.20; 10.1.
3The dwicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray 2as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
2Heb. from the belly.
d Ge. 6.5. Ep. 4.18; 2.1-3,12. Is. 48.8. Ps. 51.5. Mat. 15.19.
4Their epoison is 3like the poison of a serpent: they are like the 4deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
3Heb. according to the likeness.
4Or, asp.
e Ps. 140.3. Ro. 3.13. Ac. 7.51,57.
5Which fwill not hearken to the voice of charmers, 5charming never so wisely.
5Or, be the charmer never so cunning.
f Ec. 10.11. Je. 8.17.
6Break gtheir teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
g Job 4.10; 29.17. Ps. 3.7; 10.15. Eze. 30.21-25.
7Let them hmelt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
h Ex. 15.15. Jos. 7.5; 5.1. Ps. 73.18-20; 64.7,8; 7.15,16; 9.15,16.
8As ia snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like jthe untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
i Ps. 37.35,36; 68.2. j Job 3.16. Ec. 6.3.
9Before kyour pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, 6both living, and in his wrath.
6Heb. as living as wrath.
k Ps. 73.18-20; 55.15,23; 11.6. Job 20.5-29; 18.5-14; 27.20,21. Pr. 10.25; 14.32. Ec. 7.6.
10The lrighteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall mwash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
l Ps. 32.11; 52.6; 64.10. Pr. 11.10. Re. 18.20; 19.1,2; 11.17,18. m Ps. 68.23. Re. 14.20.
11So that a man shall say, n*Verily there is 7a reward for the righteous: overily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
*verily-indeed, truly.
7Heb. fruit of.
n Ps. 92.15. Is. 3.10. Ro. 2.6,7,10. 2Th. 1.6-9. o De. 29.24-28. Ps. 9.8,16-20; 64.9; 83.18; 59.13.