Psalmi 58

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

For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam. Do you rulers speak righteousness? Do you judge uprightly, you people?

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

No, you commit wickedness in your heart; you distribute violence throughout the land with your hands.

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

The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

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

Their poison is like a snake's poison; they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,

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

that pays no attention to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful they are.

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

Break their teeth in their mouths, God; break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

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

Let them melt away as water that runs off; when they shoot their arrows, let them be as though they had no points.

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

Let them be like a snail that melts and passes away, like the untimely-born child of a woman that never sees the sunlight.

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

Before your pots can feel the thorn's burning heat, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green thorns and the burning thorns alike.

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

The righteous will rejoice when he sees God's vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

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

so that men will say, “Truly, there is a reward for the righteous person; truly there is a God who judges the earth.”