Psalms 58
1 When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!
Untuk pemimpin biduan. Menurut lagu: Jangan memusnahkan. Miktam dari Daud. Sungguhkah kamu memberi keputusan yang adil, hai para penguasa? Apakah kamu hakimi anak-anak manusia dengan jujur?
2 No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land [of Israel].
Malah sesuai dengan niatmu kamu melakukan kejahatan, tanganmu, menjalankan kekerasan di bumi.
3 Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born [DOU].
Sejak lahir orang-orang fasik telah menyimpang, sejak dari kandungan pendusta-pendusta telah sesat.
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]!
Bisa mereka serupa bisa ular, mereka seperti ular tedung tuli yang menutup telinganya,
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].
yang tidak mendengarkan suara tukang-tukang serapah atau suara pembaca mantera yang pandai.
6 God, as for these enemies who [want to attack me like] young lions, break their teeth!
Ya Allah, hancurkanlah gigi mereka dalam mulutnya, patahkanlah gigi geligi singa-singa muda, ya TUHAN!
7 Cause them to disappear like water disappears [in dry ground]! Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no (heads/sharp points)!
Biarlah mereka hilang seperti air yang mengalir lenyap! Biarlah mereka menjadi layu seperti rumput di jalan!
8 Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; cause them to be like babies that are born dead!
Biarlah mereka seperti siput yang menjadi lendir, seperti guguran perempuan yang tidak melihat matahari.
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).
Sebelum periuk-periukmu merasakan api semak duri, telah dilanda-Nya baik yang hidup segar maupun yang hangus.
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.
Orang benar itu akan bersukacita, sebab ia memandang pembalasan, ia akan membasuh kakinya dalam darah orang fasik.
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!”
Dan orang akan berkata: "Sesungguhnya ada pahala bagi orang benar, sesungguhnya ada Allah yang memberi keadilan di bumi."
