Psaumes 58
1 Au chef de musique. Al-Tashkheth. De David. Mictam. Est-ce que vraiment la justice se tait? Prononcez-vous [ce qui est juste]? Vous, fils des hommes, jugez-vous avec droiture?
When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!
2 Bien plutôt, dans le cœur, vous commettez des iniquités; dans le pays, vous pesez la violence de vos mains.
No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land [of Israel].
3 Les méchants se sont égarés dès la matrice; ils errent dès le ventre, parlant le mensonge.
Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born [DOU].
4 Ils ont un venin semblable au venin d’un serpent, comme l’aspic sourd qui se bouche l’oreille,
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]!
5 Qui n’entend pas la voix des charmeurs, du sorcier expert en sorcelleries.
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].
6 Ô Dieu! dans leur bouche brise leurs dents; Éternel! arrache les grosses dents des jeunes lions.
God, as for these enemies who [want to attack me like] young lions, break their teeth!
7 Qu’ils se fondent comme des eaux qui s’écoulent! S’il ajuste ses flèches, qu’elles soient comme cassées!
Cause them to disappear like water disappears [in dry ground]! Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no (heads/sharp points)!
8 Qu’ils soient comme une limace qui va se fondant! Comme l’avorton d’une femme, qu’ils ne voient pas le soleil!
Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; cause them to be like babies that are born dead!
9 Avant que vos chaudières aient senti les épines, vertes ou enflammées, le tourbillon les emportera.
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).
10 Le juste se réjouira quand il verra la vengeance; il lavera ses pieds dans le sang du méchant.
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.
11 Et l’homme dira: Certainement il y a un fruit pour le juste, certainement il y a un Dieu qui juge sur la terre.
[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!”
