Psalms 58

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

達味金詩，交與樂官。調寄「莫要毀壞」。 判官們！你們是否真正出言公平？世人們！你們是否照理審斷案情？

2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

可惜你們一心只想為非作惡，在地上你們的雙手只行宰割。

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

作惡者一離母胎，即背離正路；說謊者一出母腹，即走入歧途。

4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

他們滿懷的毒素有如蛇毒；他們又像塞住耳朵的聾蝮，

5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

不聽巫士的言語，不隨靈妙的妖術。

6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

天主，求你把他們口中的牙齒搗爛，上主，求你把少壯獅子的牙床打斷。

7 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

他們有如奔湍的急水流去，他們有如被踏的青草枯萎；

8 Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

他們有如蝸牛爬過溶化消失，又如流產的胎兒不得親見天日！

9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

他們的鍋在未覺到荊火以前，願狂怒的烈風將他們全部吹散！

10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

義人看見大仇己報時，必然喜樂，他要在惡人的血中洗自己的腳。

11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

如此，眾人都說：「義人果然獲得了好的報酬，世上確有執行審判的天主！