المَزامِير 58

١ 1 أَحَقّاً تَنْطِقُونَ بِالْحَقِّ أَيُّهَا الْحُكَّامُ، وَتَقْضُونَ بِالاسْتِقَامَةِ يَابَنِي الْبَشَرِ؟

TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID. Is it true, O silent one, that you speak righteously? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

٢ 2 لاَ! إِنَّمَا تُضْمِرُونَ الْبَاطِلَ فِي الْقَلْبِ وَتَرْتَكِبُ أَيْدِيكُمُ الظُّلْمَ فِي الأَرْضِ.

Even in heart you work iniquities, In the land you ponder the violence of your hands.

٣ 3 زَاغَ الأَشْرَارُ وَهُمْ مَا بَرِحُوا فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ، وَضَلُّوا نَاطِقِينَ بِالْكَذِبِ مُنْذُ أَنْ وُلِدُوا.

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

٤ 4 فِيهِمْ سُمٌّ كَسُمِّ الْحَيَّاتِ، يَسُدُّونَ آذَانَهُمْ كَالأَفَاعِي الصَّمَّاءِ،

Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf cobra shutting its ear,

٥ 5 الَّتِي لاَ تَسْمَعُ لِصَوْتِ الْحُوَاةِ، وَلاَ لِصَوْتِ السَّاحِرِ الْمَاهِرِ.

Which does not listen to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of most skillful charms.

٦ 6 هَشِّمْ أَسْنَانَهُمْ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ يَااللهُ. حَطِّمْ أَنْيَابَ الأَشْبَالِ.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth, Break down the jaw-teeth of young lions, O YHWH.

٧ 7 لِيَتَلاَشَوْا كَالْمَاءِ الْمُرَاقِ، وَلْتَتَكَسَّرْ رُؤُوسُ سِهَامِهِمْ عِنْدَمَا يُصَوِّبُونَهَا.

They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceeds as they cut themselves off.

٨ 8 لِيَتَلاَشَوْا مِثْلَ الْقَوَاقِعِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ زَحْفِهَا، وَكَالْجَنِينِ الْمُجْهَضِ لاَ يُعَايِنُونَ الشَّمْسَ.

He goes on as a snail that melts, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

٩ 9 وَقَبْلَ أَنْ تُحِسَّ قُدُورُكُمْ بِنَارِ الأَشْوَاكِ تَحْتَهَا، يَكْتَسِحُ اللهُ كَبِيرَهُمْ وَصَغِيرَهُمْ بِعَاصِفَةِ غَضَبِهِ،

Before your pots discern the bramble, As living, He whirls away in His burning anger.

١٠ 10 يَفْرَحُ الأَبْرَارُ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ عِقَابَ الأَشْرَارِ، وَيَغْسِلُونَ أَقْدَامَهُمْ بِدَمِهِمْ.

The righteous rejoices that he has seen vengeance, He washes his steps in the blood of the wicked.

١١ 11 فَيَقُولُ النَّاسُ: «حَقّاً إِنَّ للِصِّدِّيقِ مُكَافَأَةً، وَإِنَّ فِي الأَرْضِ إِلَهاً يَقْضِي».

And man says: “Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!”