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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 58, Verse 4

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The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
King James Version
Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
American Standard Version
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
New English Translation
Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,
World English Bible
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
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Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
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The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
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Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
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For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.