³ Evildoers are naturally offensive, wayward at birth!
    They were born telling lies and willfully wandering from the truth.
⁴ Their bite is painful; their venom is like the deadly poison of a snake;
    they are like a cobra that closes up its ears
⁵ To escape the voice of the charmers,
    no matter how enchanting the spells may be.

⁶ O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths!
    Render the young lions harmless; break out their fangs, O Eternal One.
⁷ Let them run off like the waters of a flood,
    and though they aim their arrows, let them fly without their heads.
⁸ Let them melt like a snail that oozes along;
    may they be like a stillborn that never catches its first breath, never sees the sun.
⁹ Before your cook pots know the furious flame of a fire of thorns—
    whether green or burning—He will blow the wicked away.

¹⁰ Cheers will rise as the right-living watch Him settle the score,
    their feet washed in the blood after the onslaught of the wicked.
¹¹ And it will be heard, “Those who seek justice will be rewarded.
    Indeed, there is a God who brings justice to the earth!”