Psalms 58

1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title. If in very deed you speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men.

Zborovođi. Po napjevu “Ne pogubi!” Davidov. Miktam. Zar doista krojite pravdu, vi moćni, zar sudite pravo, sinovi ljudski?

2 For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.

Ne, već bezakonje smišljeno činite, po zemlji vam ruke dijele nepravde.

3 The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.

Na krivu su putu bezbošci od krila majčina, na krivu su putu lašci od utrobe.

4 Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

U njima je otrov kao u zmije, kao u ljutice što uši začepljuje

5 Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

da glas čarobnjakov ne čuje ni glas bajača vješta bajanju.

6 God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.

O Bože, polomi im zube u ustima; razbij, o Jahve, čeljusti lavićima!

7 They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.

K'o vode što hitro otječu neka se razliju, k'o zgažena trava neka se osuše.

8 Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.

Nek' budu k'o puž koji se pužuć' rastoči, k'o pometnut plot nek' sunca ne vide.

9 Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.

Prije nego vam kotlovi trnje osjete, dok je zeleno, neka ga vihor odnese.

10 The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

Radostan će biti pravednik kad ugleda odmazdu, noge će prati u krvi zlotvora.

11 And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.

I reći će ljudi: “Pravednik plod svoj ima! Još ima Boga da sudi na zemlji!”