Psalms 58
1 When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!
Au maître de chant. Ne détruis pas. Hymne de David. Est-ce donc en restant muets que vous rendez la justice? Est-ce selon le droit que vous jugez, fils des hommes?
2 No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land [of Israel].
Non: au fond du cœur vous tramez vos desseins iniques, dans le pays vous vendez au poids la violence de vos mains.
3 Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born [DOU].
Les méchants sont pervertis dès le sein maternel, dès leur naissance, les fourbes se sont égarés.
4 God, show in the heavens how great you are! And show your glory to people all over the earth! What wicked people say [injures people like] the venom of a snake [MET]; They refuse to listen to good advice, [as though they were] cobras that were deaf [MET]!
Leur venin est semblable au venin du serpent, de la vipère sourde qui ferme ses oreilles,
5 As a result, [like a snake that does not respond when] a charmer plays a flute or when someone sings magic songs, [they do not pay attention when others rebuke them].
et n’entend pas la voix de l’enchanteur, du charmeur habile dans son art.
6 God, as for these enemies who [want to attack me like] young lions, break their teeth!
O Dieu brise leurs dents dans leur bouche; Yahweh, arrache les mâchoires des lionceaux!
7 Cause them to disappear like water disappears [in dry ground]! Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no (heads/sharp points)!
Qu’ils se dissipent comme le torrent qui s’écoule! S’ils ajustent des flèches, qu’elles s’émoussent!
8 Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; cause them to be like babies that are born dead!
Qu’ils soient comme la limace qui va en se fondant! Comme l’avorton d’une femme, qu’ils ne voient pas le soleil!
9 Get rid of them [as fast as] thornbushes are blown away [after they are cut] (OR, [as fast as] a fire heats a pot over burning thorns).
Avant que vos chaudières sentent l’épine, verte ou enflammée, l’ouragan l’emportera.
10 Righteous people will rejoice when they see wicked people being punished as they deserve; they will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people.
Le juste sera dans la joie, à la vue de la vengeance, il baignera ses pieds dans le sang des méchants.
11 [Then] people will say, “It is true that there is a reward for righteous people; and there is indeed a God who judges people justly here on the earth!”
Et l’on dira: « Oui, il y a une récompense pour le juste; oui, il y a un Dieu qui juge sur la terre! »
