Psalmorum 58

1 in finem ne disperdas David in tituli inscriptione si vere utique iustitiam loquimini recta iudicate filii hominum

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

2 etenim in corde iniquitates operamini in terra iniustitiam manus vestrae concinnant

No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

3 alienati sunt peccatores a vulva erraverunt ab utero locuti sunt falsa

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

4 furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis sicut aspidis surdae et obturantis aures suas

Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

5 quae non exaudiet vocem incantantium et venefici incantantis sapienter

refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

6 Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum molas leonum confringet Dominus

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

7 ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur

May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

8 sicut cera quae fluit auferentur supercecidit ignis et non viderunt solem

Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

9 priusquam intellegerent spinae vestrae ramnum sicut viventes sicut in ira absorbet vos

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

10 laetabitur iustus cum viderit vindictam manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris

The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

11 et dicet homo si utique est fructus iusto utique est Deus iudicans eos in terra

Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”