תהילים 58

1 למנצח אל-תשחת לדוד מכתם ב האמנם--אלם צדק תדברון מישרים תשפטו בני אדם

When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!

2 אף-בלב עולת תפעלון בארץ--חמס ידיכם תפלסון

No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land [of Israel].

3 זרו רשעים מרחם תעו מבטן דברי כזב

Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born [DOU].

4 חמת-למו כדמות חמת-נחש כמו-פתן חרש יאטם אזנו

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 אשר לא-ישמע לקול מלחשים חובר חברים מחכם

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 אלהים--הרס שנימו בפימו מלתעות כפירים נתץ יהוה

God, as for these enemies who [want to attack me like] young lions, break their teeth!

7 ימאסו כמו-מים יתהלכו-למו ידרך חצו כמו יתמללו

Cause them to disappear like water disappears [in dry ground]! Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no (heads/sharp points)!

8 כמו שבלול תמס יהלך נפל אשת בל-חזו שמש

Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; cause them to be like babies that are born dead!

9 בטרם יבינו סירתכם אטד כמו-חי כמו-חרון ישערנו

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 ישמח צדיק כי-חזה נקם פעמיו ירחץ בדם הרשע

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 ויאמר אדם אך-פרי לצדיק אך יש-אלהים שפטים בארץ

[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!”