Psalms 58
1 When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!
Dem Sangmeister, nach (der Melodie des Liedes: ) "Verderbe nicht!". / Ein Gedicht Davids.
2 No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land [of Israel].
Redet ihr wirklich Gerechtigkeit, / Richtet ihr redlich, ihr Menschenkinder?
3 Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born [DOU].
Nein, im Herzen sinnet ihr Frevel, / Für eurer Hände Gewalttat macht ihr im Lande Bahn.
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]!
Von Geburt an weichen die Frevler ab, / Die Lügenredner irren von Kindheit an?
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].
Gift haben sie wie Schlangengift, / Wie eine taube Natter, die ihr Ohr verstopft,
6 God, as for these enemies who [want to attack me like] young lions, break their teeth!
Die nicht hört auf der Zauberer Stimme, / Auf die Stimme der klugen Beschwörer.
7 Cause them to disappear like water disappears [in dry ground]! Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no (heads/sharp points)!
Elohim, zerbrich ihre Zähne in ihrem Mund, / Reiß aus, o Jahwe, der Löwen Gebiß!
8 Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; cause them to be like babies that are born dead!
Sie sollen zerfließen, wie Wasser verläuft. / Schießt er seine Pfeile, so seien sie stumpf.
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).
Sie sollen der Schnecke gleichen, die kriechend zerfließt, / Eines Weibes Fehlgeburt, die die Sonne nicht sieht.
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.
Eh eure Töpfe die Dornen merken — / Sei roh oder gar das Fleisch: der Sturm treibt's weg.
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!”
Der Gerechte frohlockt, wenn er Rache geschaut, / Er badet den Fuß in der Frevler Blut. Dann sagt man: "Ja wahrlich, der Fromme hat Frucht; / Ja, es gibt einen Gott, der da richtet auf Erden!"
