Psalmorum 58
1 In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem. Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate, filii hominum.
For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
Nay, 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: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
5 quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never 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 runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
8 Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
[Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath 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.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth 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, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
