Psalms 58

1 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Načelniku godbe: "Ne pogubi"; Davidova pesem odlična. Ali zares, o krdelo, govorite pravico? po pravici sodite, sinovi človeški?

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Ne, celo iz srca počenjate krivice; v tej deželi tehtate rok svojih silovitost.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

V stran zavijajo krivični od rojstva; tavajo od materinega telesa laž govoreč.

4 Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;

Strup imajo podoben kačjemu strupu; kakor gada gluhega, ki si maši uho svoje.

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Kateri ne posluša glasú mrmrajočih, njega, ki zna zagovarjati jako.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

O Bog, zdróbi jim zobe v njih ustih; mladih levov kočnike poderi, Gospod!

7 Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Stopé se naj kakor voda, odidejo naj neprestano; njemu, ki napenja pušice svoje, izpremené se naj kakor v klasje pušice.

8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.

Kakor polž, ki se topi, bode naj vsak, kakor žene splav, kakor ki niso videli solnca.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.

Ko se ne bode še čutilo trnje vaše, trnje ščipkovo, tako zeleno kakor suho podrl bode vse.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Radoval se bode pravični, ko bode videl maščevanje; noge svoje bode umival v krivičnega krvi.

11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

In človek poreče: Vendar ima sad pravični, vendar je sodnik na zemlji!