Psalmorum 58
1 In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem. [Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate, filii hominum.
For the leader. Al tashheth. Of David. A michtam. Do you speak what is right, you gods? With equity judge you your people?
2 Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
In the land you practise iniquity – all of you; violence do you dispense with your hands.
3 Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
The wicked go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.
4 Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdæ et obturantis aures suas,
Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,
5 quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.
and refuses to listen to the voice of the charmer, or binder of spells, no matter how cunning.
6 Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum; molas leonum confringet Dominus.
O God, break to pieces the teeth in their mouth, tear out the great teeth of the young lions, Lord.
7 Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
May they melt away like running water! Like tender grass, cut down may they be!
8 Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
Like the snail that dissolves on its crawling path, like the birth untimely which sees not the sunlight.
9 Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum, sicut viventes sic in ira absorbet eos.
Faster than a thorn-fire heats your pots, he will come with his tempest and sweep them away.
10 Lætabitur justus cum viderit vindictam; manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
The sight of such vengeance will gladden the righteous; their feet they will wash in the blood of the wicked.
11 Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus justo, utique est Deus judicans eos in terra.]
People will say, ‘Yes, the just are rewarded: yes, on the earth is a God who is Judge.’
