^1-2God’s justice? You high and mighty politicians

know nothing about it!

Which one of you has walked in justice toward others?

Which one of you has treated everyone right and fair?

Not one! You only give “justice” in exchange for a bribe.

For the right price you let others get away with murder.

^3-4Wicked wanderers even from the womb—that’s who you are!

You lie with your words, and your teaching is poison.

⁵Like cobras closing their ears to the most expert of the charmers,

you strike out against all who are near .

⁶O God, break their fangs;

shatter the teeth of these ravenous lions!

⁷Let them disappear like water falling on thirsty ground.

Let all their weapons be useless.

⁸Let them be like snails dissolving into the slime.

Let them be cut off, never seeing the light of day!

⁹God will sweep them away so fast

that they’ll never know what hit them.

¹⁰The godly will celebrate in the triumph of good over evil,

and the lovers of God will trample

the wickedness of the wicked under their feet!

¹¹Then everyone will say, “There is a God who judges the judges”

and “There is a great reward in loving God!”