Psalmorum 58
1 In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem. [Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate, filii hominum.
To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. Is it true? O Congregation, speake ye iustly? O sonnes of men, iudge ye vprightly?
2 Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.
3 Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.
4 Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdæ et obturantis aures suas,
Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.
5 quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.
Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.
6 Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum; molas leonum confringet Dominus.
Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lord.
7 Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.
8 Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.
9 Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum, sicut viventes sic in ira absorbet eos.
As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.
10 Lætabitur justus cum viderit vindictam; manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
The righteous shall reioyce when he seeeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feete in the blood of the wicked.
11 Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus justo, utique est Deus judicans eos in terra.]
And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.
