Psalmorum 58
1 in finem ne disperdas David in tituli inscriptione si vere utique iustitiam loquimini recta iudicate filii hominum
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
2 etenim in corde iniquitates operamini in terra iniustitiam manus vestrae concinnant
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 alienati sunt peccatores a vulva erraverunt ab utero locuti sunt falsa
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis sicut aspidis surdae et obturantis aures suas
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 quae non exaudiet vocem incantantium et venefici incantantis sapienter
which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
6 Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum molas leonum confringet Dominus
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
7 ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur
Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
8 sicut cera quae fluit auferentur supercecidit ignis et non viderunt solem
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
9 priusquam intellegerent spinae vestrae ramnum sicut viventes sicut in ira absorbet vos
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
10 laetabitur iustus cum viderit vindictam manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 et dicet homo si utique est fructus iusto utique est Deus iudicans eos in terra
so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
