³ The wicked are estranged from the womb;
    they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
⁴ They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
    like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
⁵ so that it does not hear the voice of charmers
    or of the cunning enchanter.

⁶ O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
    tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
⁷ Let them vanish like water that runs away;
    when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
⁸ Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,
    like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
⁹ Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
    whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!^[c]

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
    he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
¹¹ Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
    surely there is a God who judges on earth.”

⁴ You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
    that they may flee to it from the bow.^[b] Selah
⁵ That your beloved ones may be delivered,
    give salvation by your right hand and answer us!

⁶ God has spoken in his holiness:^[c]
    “With exultation I will divide up Shechem
    and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
⁷ Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet;
    Judah is my scepter.
⁸ Moab is my washbasin;
    upon Edom I cast my shoe;
    over Philistia I shout in triumph.”^[d]

⁹ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹⁰ Have you not rejected us, O God?
    You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
¹¹ Oh, grant us help against the foe,
    for vain is the salvation of man!
¹² With God we shall do valiantly;
    it is he who will tread down our foes.