HeadingFor the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam.

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1For the Chief Musician | 2Al | 3tashheth | 4of David | 5Michtam

1Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Do … indeed … Do | 2in silence | 3righteousness | 4ye … speak | 5uprightly | 6ye judge | 7O ye sons | 8of men

2Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Nay | 2in heart | 3wickedness | 4ye work | 5in the earth | 6the violence | 7of your hands | 8Ye weigh out

3The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1are estranged | 2The wicked | 3from the womb | 4They go astray | 5as soon as they are born | 6speaking | 7lies

4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1poison | 2Their … They | 3is like | 4the poison | 5of a serpent | 6are like | 7the … adder | 8deaf | 9stoppeth | 10her ear

5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Which | 2not | 3hearkeneth | 4to the voice | 5of charmers | 6Charming | 7Charming | 8never so wisely

6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1O God | 2Break | 3their teeth | 4in their mouth | 5the great teeth | 6of the young lions | 7Break out | 8O Jehovah

7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Let them melt away | 2as | 3water | 4runneth apace | 5— | 6he aimeth | 7his arrows … them | 8let … be as though | 9they were cut off

8Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Let … be as | 2a snail | 3melteth | 4passeth away | 5Like the untimely birth | 6of a woman | 7not | 8hath … seen | 9the sun

9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Before | 2can feel | 3your pots | 4the thorns | 5alike | 6the green | 7and | 8the burning | 9He will take them away with a whirlwind

10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1shall rejoice | 2The righteous | 3when | 4he seeth | 5the vengeance | 6his feet | 7He shall wash | 8in the blood | 9of the wicked

11So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1So that … shall say | 2men | 3Verily | 4a reward | 5there is … for the righteous | 6Verily | 7there is | 8a God | 9that judgeth | 10in the earth