Psalmorum 58
1 In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem. [Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate, filii hominum.
Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title. If in very deed you speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men.
2 Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.
3 Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.
4 Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdæ et obturantis aures suas,
Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:
5 quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.
Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.
6 Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum; molas leonum confringet Dominus.
God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.
7 Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.
8 Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.
9 Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum, sicut viventes sic in ira absorbet eos.
Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.
10 Lætabitur justus cum viderit vindictam; manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
11 Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus justo, utique est Deus judicans eos in terra.]
And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.
