Psaumes 58
1 Au chef des chantres. “Ne détruis pas.” Hymne de David. Est-ce donc en vous taisant que vous rendez la justice? Est-ce ainsi que vous jugez avec droiture, fils de l’homme?
When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!
2 Loin de là! Dans le cœur, vous consommez des iniquités; Dans le pays, c’est la violence de vos mains que vous placez sur la balance.
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 sont pervertis dès le sein maternel, Les menteurs s’égarent au sortir du ventre de leur mère.
Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born [DOU].
4 Ils ont un venin pareil au venin d’un serpent, D’un aspic sourd qui ferme son 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 enchanteurs, Du magicien le plus habile.
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 O Dieu, brise-leur les dents dans la bouche! Éternel, arrache les mâchoires des lionceaux!
God, as for these enemies who [want to attack me like] young lions, break their teeth!
7 Qu’ils se dissipent comme des eaux qui s’écoulent! Qu’ils ne lancent que des traits émoussés!
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 périssent en se fondant, comme un limaçon; Sans voir le soleil, comme l’avorton d’une femme!
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 sentent l’épine, Verte ou enflammée, le tourbillon l’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 sera dans la joie, à la vue de la vengeance; Il baignera ses pieds dans le sang des méchants.
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 les hommes diront: Oui, il est une récompense pour le juste; Oui, il est 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!”
