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From birth evil men start doing bad things.
    They tell lies and do wrong as soon as they are born.
They are like poisonous snakes,
    like deaf cobras that can’t hear.
They cannot hear the music of the snake charmer
    no matter how well he plays for them.

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Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(A)
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
that will not heed(B) the tune of the charmer,(C)
    however skillful the enchanter may be.

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