Salme 58
1 (Til sangmesteren. Al-tasjhet. Af David. En miktam.) Er det virkelig Ret, I taler, I Guder, dømmer I Menneskenes Børn retfærdigt?
To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. Is it true? O Congregation, speake ye iustly? O sonnes of men, iudge ye vprightly?
2 Nej, alle øver I Uret på Jord, eders Hænder udvejer Vold.
Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.
3 Fra Moders Liv vanslægted de gudløse, fra Moders Skød for Løgnerne vild.
The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.
4 Gift har de i sig som Slangen, den stumme Øgle, der døver sit Øre
Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.
5 og ikke vil høre på Tæmmerens Røst, på den kyndige Slangebesværger.
Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.
6 Gud, bryd Tænderne i deres Mund, Ungløvernes Kindtænder knuse du, HERRE;
Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lord.
7 lad dem svinde som Vand, der synker, visne som nedtrampet Græs.
Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.
8 Lad dem blive som Sneglen, opløst i Slim som et ufuldbårent Foster, der aldrig så Sol.
Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.
9 Før eders Gryder mærker til Tjørnen, ja, midt i deres Livskraft river han dem bort i sin Vrede
As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.
10 Den retfærdige glæder sig, når han ser Hævn, hans Fødder skal vade i gudløses Blod;
The righteous shall reioyce when he seeeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feete in the blood of the wicked.
11 Og Folk skal sige: "Den retfærdige får dog sin Løn, der er dog Guder, som dømmer på Jord!"
And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.
