Psalmi 58
1 Zborovođi. Po napjevu “Ne pogubi!” Davidov. Miktam. Zar doista krojite pravdu, vi moćni, zar sudite pravo, sinovi ljudski?
To the Chief Musician. "Do not Destroy." A precious Psalm, of David. Are ye, indeed, silent [when] righteousness, ye should speak? When, with equity, ye should judge, O ye sons of men?
2 Ne, već bezakonje smišljeno činite, po zemlji vam ruke dijele nepravde.
Aye! ye all do work, perversity, —Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!
3 Na krivu su putu bezbošci od krila majčina, na krivu su putu lašci od utrobe.
Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;
4 U njima je otrov kao u zmije, kao u ljutice što uši začepljuje
Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear;
5 da glas čarobnjakov ne čuje ni glas bajača vješta bajanju.
That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.
6 O Bože, polomi im zube u ustima; razbij, o Jahve, čeljusti lavićima!
O God! break away their teeth in their mouth, The biters of the young lions, knock thou out, O Yahweh!
7 K'o vode što hitro otječu neka se razliju, k'o zgažena trava neka se osuše.
Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like [grass] let them be cut down:
8 Nek' budu k'o puž koji se pužuć' rastoči, k'o pometnut plot nek' sunca ne vide.
Like a snail, which melteth away as it goeth, An untimely birth of a woman, which hath not seen the sun:
9 Prije nego vam kotlovi trnje osjete, dok je zeleno, neka ga vihor odnese.
Before your kettles can perceive the [kindled] bramble, Be he green or be he withered, he shall be swept away.
10 Radostan će biti pravednik kad ugleda odmazdu, noge će prati u krvi zlotvora.
The righteous man will rejoice when he hath seen an avenging, His feet, will he bathe in the blood of the lawless one: —
11 I reći će ljudi: “Pravednik plod svoj ima! Još ima Boga da sudi na zemlji!”
So that a son of earth may say—Surely there is fruit for the righteous man! Surely there are gods who judge in the earth!
