1. Do ye, O congregation,indeed speak righteousness?O ye that are the sons of men,judge ye with uprightness?
2. Yea, ev'n within your very heartsye wickedness have done;And ye the vi'lence of your handsdo weigh the earth upon.
3. The wicked men estranged are,ev'n from the very womb;They, speaking lies, do stray as soonas to the world they come.
4. Unto a serpent's poison liketheir poison doth appear;Yea, they are like the adder deaf,that closely stops her ear;
5. That so she may not hear the voiceof one that charm her would,No, not though he most cunning were,and charm most wisely could.
6. Their teeth, O God, within their mouthbreak thou in pieces small;The great teeth break thou out, O Lord,of these young lions all.