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, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh 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 be 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 will not hearken 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 Lord.
7 Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum, sicut viventes sic in ira absorbet eos.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
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 a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
