Salmos 58
1 Para el director del coro. Según la melodía de “No destruir”. Un salmo (mictam) de David. Líderes, ¿hablan ustedes con rectitud? ¿Realmente juzgan a la gente de forma justa?
When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!
2 No, porque en sus mentes planean el mal. ¡Causan violencia por todas partes!
No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land [of Israel].
3 Los malvados son pecadores desde el nacimiento; desde el momento en que son dados a luz dicen mentiras.
Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born [DOU].
4 Tienen veneno como de una serpiente venenosa, y al igual que una cobra dejan de escuchar,
God, show in the heavens how great you are! And show your glory to people all over the earth! What wicked people say [injures people like] the venom of a snake [MET]; They refuse to listen to good advice, [as though they were] cobras that were deaf [MET]!
5 rehusándose a escuchar la voz de los encantadores y los hechiceros.
As a result, [like a snake that does not respond when] a charmer plays a flute or when someone sings magic songs, [they do not pay attention when others rebuke them].
6 Dios, rompe sus dientes, y quiebra los colmillos de estos leones, Señor.
God, as for these enemies who [want to attack me like] young lions, break their teeth!
7 Que se desvanezcan como el agua que fluye lejos; que cuando disparan sus arcos pierdan su blanco.
Cause them to disappear like water disappears [in dry ground]! Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no (heads/sharp points)!
8 Que sean como la baba de los caracoles que se disuelve, como un niño que no nació y nunca vio la luz del día.
Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; cause them to be like babies that are born dead!
9 Antes de que la olla de espinos ardientes se caliente, sea que estén frescos o secos, Dios los esparcirá.
Get rid of them [as fast as] thornbushes are blown away [after they are cut] (OR, [as fast as] a fire heats a pot over burning thorns).
10 Los que viven con rectitud se alegrarán cuando vean que hay un castigo; lavarán sus pies en la sangre de los malvados.
Righteous people will rejoice when they see wicked people being punished as they deserve; they will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people.
11 Dirán, “Definitivamente hay un premio para aquellos que viven haciendo el bien; ciertamente hay un Dios que juzga de forma justa sobre la tierra”.
[Then] people will say, “It is true that there is a reward for righteous people; and there is indeed a God who judges people justly here on the earth!”
