Psalms 58
1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
In finem, Ne disperdas, David in tituli inscriptionem. Si vere utique iustitiam loquimini: recta iudicate filii hominum.
2 No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini: in terra iniustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva, erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,
Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis: sicut aspidis surdæ, et obturantis aures suas,
5 which hearkens not to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.
quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium: et venefici incantantis sapienter.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum: molas leonum confringet Dominus.
7 Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,
Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens: intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
8 as a snail which melts and passes away, as the untimely birth of a woman, that has not seen the sun.
Sicut cera, quæ fluit, auferentur: supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum: sicut viventes, sic in ira absorbet eos.
10 A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
Lætabitur iustus cum viderit vindictam: manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
11 so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.
Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus iusto: utique est Deus iudicans eos in terra.
