Mazmur 58
1 Untuk pemimpin kor. Menurut lagu: Jangan memusnahkan. Mazmur dari Daud. Hai para penguasa, adilkah keputusanmu? Jujurkah kamu waktu menghakimi manusia?
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
2 Tidak, kamu merencanakan yang jahat, dan melakukan kekerasan di negeri ini.
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 Orang jahat sudah sesat sejak dari kandungan mereka sudah menipu sejak dilahirkan.
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Mereka beracun seperti ular berbisa, dan menyumbat telinganya seperti seekor kobra tuli
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 yang tidak mendengar suara pawang yang pandai, atau suara pembawa mantra yang cakap.
which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skilful the charmer may be.
6 Ya Allah, patahkanlah gigi-gigi mereka, cabutlah taring singa-singa muda itu, TUHAN.
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
7 Biarlah mereka lenyap seperti air yang menguap, seperti anak panah yang sudah tumpul.
Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
8 Biarlah mereka seperti siput yang meleleh menjadi lendir, seperti bayi yang mati sebelum melihat terang.
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
9 Sebelum disadari, mereka sudah binasa, seperti semak belukar yang masih hijau dan belum besar habis diterbangkan angin, seolah-olah itu tanaman kering.
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
10 Melihat orang jahat dihukum, orang jujur bergembira, dan membasuh kakinya dalam darah orang durhaka.
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 Orang akan berkata, "Memang orang baik mendapat pahala, sungguh, ada Allah yang menghakimi di bumi."
so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
