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Do ye indeed
הַֽאֻמְנָ֗ם
O congregation
אֵ֣לֶם
righteousness
צֶ֭דֶק
speak
תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן
uprightly
מֵישָׁרִ֥ים
do ye judge
תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ
O ye sons
בְּנֵ֣י
of men
אָדָֽם׃
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אַף
Yea in heart
בְּלֵב֮
wickedness
עוֹלֹ֪ת
ye work
תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּן
in the earth
בָּאָ֡רֶץ
the violence
חֲמַ֥ס
of your hands
יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗ם
ye weigh
תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃
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are estranged
זֹ֣רוּ
The wicked
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
from the womb
מֵרָ֑חֶם
they go astray
תָּע֥וּ
as soon as they be born
מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן
speaking
דֹּבְרֵ֥י
lies
כָזָֽב׃
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Their poison
חֲמַת
 
לָ֗מוֹ
is like
כִּדְמ֥וּת
Their poison
חֲמַת
of a serpent
נָחָ֑שׁ
 
כְּמוֹ
adder
פֶ֥תֶן
they are like the deaf
חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ
that stoppeth
יַאְטֵ֥ם
her ear
אָזְנֽוֹ׃
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אֲשֶׁ֣ר
 
לֹא
Which will not hearken
יִ֭שְׁמַע
to the voice
לְק֣וֹל
of charmers
מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים
charming
חוֹבֵ֖ר
 
חֲבָרִ֣ים
never so wisely
מְחֻכָּֽם׃
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O God
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים
Break
הֲרָס
their teeth
שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ
in their mouth
בְּפִ֑ימוֹ
the great teeth
מַלְתְּע֥וֹת
of the young lions
כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים
break out
נְתֹ֣ץ׀
O LORD
יְהוָֽה׃
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Let them melt away
יִמָּאֲס֣וּ
 
כְמוֹ
as waters
מַ֭יִם
which run continually
יִתְהַלְּכוּ
 
לָ֑מוֹ
when he bendeth
יִדְרֹ֥ךְ
his bow to shoot his arrows
חִ֝צָּ֗ו
 
כְּמ֣וֹ
let them be as cut in pieces
יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃
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כְּמ֣וֹ
As a snail
שַׁ֭בְּלוּל
which melteth
תֶּ֣מֶס
let every one of them pass away
יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ
like the untimely birth
נֵ֥פֶל
of a woman
אֵ֝֗שֶׁת
 
בַּל
that they may not see
חָ֥זוּ
the sun
שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃
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בְּטֶ֤רֶם׀
can feel
יָבִ֣ינוּ
Before your pots
סִּירֹֽתֵכֶ֣ם
the thorns
אָטָ֑ד
 
כְּמוֹ
both living
חַ֥י
 
כְּמוֹ
and in his wrath
חָ֝ר֗וֹן
he shall take them away as with a whirlwind
יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃
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shall rejoice
יִשְׂמַ֣ח
The righteous
צַ֭דִּיק
 
כִּי
when he seeth
חָזָ֣ה
the vengeance
נָקָ֑ם
his feet
פְּעָמָ֥יו
he shall wash
יִ֝רְחַ֗ץ
in the blood
בְּדַ֣ם
of the wicked
הָרָשָֽׁע׃
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shall say
וְיֹאמַ֣ר
So that a man
אָ֭דָם
 
אַךְ
Verily there is a reward
פְּרִ֣י
for the righteous
לַצַּדִּ֑יק
 
אַ֥ךְ
verily he is
יֵשׁ
a God
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים
that judgeth
שֹׁפְטִ֥ים
in the earth
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃