Psalmi 58

1 Ali zares govorite pravičnost, oh skupnost? Ali sodite iskreno, oh vi človeški sinovi?

For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial. If you do indeed speak righteousness, [then] do you judge rightly, you sons of men.

2 Da, v srcu počnete zlobnost, na zemlji presojate nasilje svojih rok.

For you work iniquities in [your] hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness.

3 Zlobni so odtujeni od maternice. Proč odidejo takoj, ko so rojeni, govoreč laži.

Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.

4 Njihov strup je podoben kačjemu strupu. Podobni so gluhemu gadu, ki si maši svoje uho,

Their venom is like [that] of a serpent; as [that] of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;

5 ki ne bo prisluhnil glasu krotilcev, ki nikoli ne kroti tako oprezno.

which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor [heed] the charm prepared skillfully by the wise.

6 Oh Bog, polomi jim njihove zobe v njihovih ustih. Mladim levom izruj velik zob, oh Gospod.

God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions.

7 Naj se stopijo kakor vode, ki nenehno tečejo. Ko on napenja svoj lok, da izstreli svoje puščice, naj bodo kakor razrezani na koščke.

They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail.

8 Kakor polž, ki se stopi, naj premine vsak izmed njih. Kakor preran porod ženske, da oni ne morejo videti sonca.

They shall be destroyed as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun.

9 Preden lahko vaši lonci začutijo trnje, jih bo odvedel proč kakor z vrtinčastim vetrom, tako žive kakor v svojem besu.

Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.

10 Pravični se bo veselil, ko vidi maščevanje. Svoja stopala si bo umil v krvi zlobnega.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

11 Tako da bo človek rekel: »Resnično je nagrada za pravičnega. Resnično, on je Bog, ki sodi na zemlji.«

And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judges them in the earth.