Psalmorum 58
1 In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem. [Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate, filii hominum.
Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdæ et obturantis aures suas,
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,
5 quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.
which hearkens not to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.
6 Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum; molas leonum confringet Dominus.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
7 Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,
8 Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
as a snail which melts and passes away, as the untimely birth of a woman, that has not seen the sun.
9 Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum, sicut viventes sic in ira absorbet eos.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
10 Lætabitur justus cum viderit vindictam; manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus justo, utique est Deus judicans eos in terra.]
so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.
