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