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?

in finem ne disperdas David in tituli inscriptione si vere utique iustitiam loquimini recta iudicate filii hominum

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

etenim in corde iniquitates operamini in terra iniustitiam manus vestrae concinnant

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

alienati sunt peccatores a vulva erraverunt ab utero locuti sunt falsa

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

furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis sicut aspidis surdae et obturantis aures suas

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

quae non exaudiet vocem incantantium et venefici incantantis sapienter

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

Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum molas leonum confringet Dominus

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

ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur

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

sicut cera quae fluit auferentur supercecidit ignis et non viderunt solem

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

priusquam intellegerent spinae vestrae ramnum sicut viventes sicut in ira absorbet vos

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

laetabitur iustus cum viderit vindictam manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris

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

et dicet homo si utique est fructus iusto utique est Deus iudicans eos in terra