11BE EXALTED! ABOVE [THE] HEAVENS O GOD [BE] OVER ALL THE EARTH GLORY YOUR 11Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
0TO THE CHOIRMASTER AL- TASHCHETH OF DAVID A MIKTAM God Judges the Earth 0For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam*NoteCloseMiktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60. of David.
1¿ REALLY SILENCE RIGHTEOUSNESS DO YOU SPEAK! UPRIGHTNESS<ES> DO YOU JUDGE? [THE] CHILDREN OF HUMANKIND 1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
2ALSO IN [THE] HEART INJUSTICE<S> YOU DO! IN THE LAND [THE] VIOLENCE OF HANDS YOUR YOU WEIGH OUT! 2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
3THEY TURN ASIDE WICKED [PEOPLE] FROM [THE] WOMB THEY GO ASTRAY FROM [THE] BELLY [THOSE WHO] SPEAK <OF> FALSEHOOD 3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
4VENOM OF THEM [IS] LIKE [THE] LIKENESS OF [THE] VENOM OF A SNAKE LIKE A COBRA DEAF [WHICH] IT SHUTS EAR ITS 4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
5WHICH NOT IT LISTENS TO [THE] SOUND OF CHARMERS [ONE WHO] CASTS SPELLS SKILLFUL 5refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
6O GOD BREAK AWAY TEETH THEIR IN MOUTH THEIR [THE] TEETH OF YOUNG LIONS BREAK OFF O YAHWEH 6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
7MAY THEY FLOW LIKE WATERS [WHICH] THEY GO ABOUT <FOR> THEMSELVES MAY HE BEND ARROWS HIS LIKE LET THEM BE CUT OFF 7May they vanish like water that runs off when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.*NoteCloseOr when they are trodden down, may they wither like grass
8LIKE A SNAIL [WHICH] MELTING AWAY IT GOES A MISCARRIAGE OF A WOMAN <OF> [WHICH] NOT THEY HAVE SEEN [THE] SUN 8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9<IN> BEFORE THEY WILL PERCEIVE POTS YOUR A THORN BUSH LIKE ALIVE LIKE BURNING HE WILL BLOW AWAY IT 9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
10HE WILL REJOICE [THE] RIGHTEOUS IF HE HAS SEEN VENGEANCE FEET HIS HE WILL BATHE IN [THE] BLOOD OF THE WICKED 10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11SO HE MAY SAY ANYONE SURELY FRUIT [BELONGS] TO THE RIGHTEOUS SURELY THERE [IS] A GOD [WHO] JUDGES ON THE EARTH 11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”