Psalms 58

1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David: Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Untuk pemimpin biduan. Menurut lagu: Jangan memusnahkan. Miktam dari Daud. Sungguhkah kamu memberi keputusan yang adil, hai para penguasa? Apakah kamu hakimi anak-anak manusia dengan jujur?

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Malah sesuai dengan niatmu kamu melakukan kejahatan, tanganmu, menjalankan kekerasan di bumi.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Sejak lahir orang-orang fasik telah menyimpang, sejak dari kandungan pendusta-pendusta telah sesat.

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Bisa mereka serupa bisa ular, mereka seperti ular tedung tuli yang menutup telinganya,

5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

yang tidak mendengarkan suara tukang-tukang serapah atau suara pembaca mantera yang pandai.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Ya Allah, hancurkanlah gigi mereka dalam mulutnya, patahkanlah gigi geligi singa-singa muda, ya TUHAN!

7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Biarlah mereka hilang seperti air yang mengalir lenyap! Biarlah mereka menjadi layu seperti rumput di jalan!

8 [Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

Biarlah mereka seperti siput yang menjadi lendir, seperti guguran perempuan yang tidak melihat matahari.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

Sebelum periuk-periukmu merasakan api semak duri, telah dilanda-Nya baik yang hidup segar maupun yang hangus.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Orang benar itu akan bersukacita, sebab ia memandang pembalasan, ia akan membasuh kakinya dalam darah orang fasik.

11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Dan orang akan berkata: "Sesungguhnya ada pahala bagi orang benar, sesungguhnya ada Allah yang memberi keadilan di bumi."