Psalms 58
1 TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID. Is it true, O silent one, that you speak righteously? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
In finem, Ne disperdas, David in tituli inscriptionem. Si vere utique iustitiam loquimini: recta iudicate filii hominum.
2 Even in heart you work iniquities, In the land you ponder the violence of your hands.
Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini: in terra iniustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva, erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
4 Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf cobra shutting its ear,
Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis: sicut aspidis surdæ, et obturantis aures suas,
5 Which does not listen to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of most skillful charms.
Quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium: et venefici incantantis sapienter.
6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, Break down the jaw-teeth of young lions, O YHWH.
Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum: molas leonum confringet Dominus.
7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceeds as they cut themselves off.
Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens: intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
8 He goes on as a snail that melts, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
Sicut cera, quæ fluit, auferentur: supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As living, He whirls away in His burning anger.
Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum: sicut viventes, sic in ira absorbet eos.
10 The righteous rejoices that he has seen vengeance, He washes his steps in the blood of the wicked.
Lætabitur iustus cum viderit vindictam: manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
11 And man says: “Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!”
Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus iusto: utique est Deus iudicans eos in terra.
