1Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

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Psalms 57:1, Psalms 57:1, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:19, Psalms 72:1

2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

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Psalms 94:20, Psalms 94:20, Isaiah 10:1, Isaiah 10:1, Micah 3:1

3The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

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Psalms 51:5, Psalms 51:5, Proverbs 22:15, Isaiah 48:8, Proverbs 22:15

4Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

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Psalms 140:3, Psalms 140:3, Ecclesiastes 10:11, James 3:8, Ecclesiastes 10:11

5which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

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Jeremiah 8:17, Jeremiah 8:17, Isaiah 19:3, Deuteronomy 18:11, Isaiah 19:3

6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Lord.

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Psalms 3:7, Psalms 3:7, Psalms 17:12, Micah 5:8, Job 4:10

7Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

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Psalms 112:10, Joshua 7:5, Psalms 112:10, Joshua 7:5, Joshua 2:9

8Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

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Job 3:16, Job 3:16, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Psalms 37:35

9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

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Psalms 118:12, Proverbs 10:25, Psalms 118:12, Proverbs 10:25, Ecclesiastes 7:6

10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

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Psalms 68:23, Psalms 68:23, Psalms 91:8, Psalms 91:8, Psalms 64:10

11so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth."

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Psalms 67:4, Psalms 67:4, Psalms 64:9, Psalms 64:9, Isaiah 3:10