Psalmorum 58
1 In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem. [Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate, filii hominum.
To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?
2 Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
3 Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
4 Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdæ et obturantis aures suas,
Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
5 quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
6 Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum; molas leonum confringet Dominus.
O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
7 Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
8 Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
9 Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum, sicut viventes sic in ira absorbet eos.
Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
10 Lætabitur justus cum viderit vindictam; manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.
11 Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus justo, utique est Deus judicans eos in terra.]
And man saith: 'Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
