Psalms 58

1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title.

2If in very deed you speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men.

3For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.

4The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.

5Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

6Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

7God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.

8They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.

9Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.

10Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.

11The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

12And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.

1In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem.

2[Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate, filii hominum.

3Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.

4Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.

5Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdæ et obturantis aures suas,

6quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.

7Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum; molas leonum confringet Dominus.

8Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.

9Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.

10Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum, sicut viventes sic in ira absorbet eos.

11Lætabitur justus cum viderit vindictam; manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.

12Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus justo, utique est Deus judicans eos in terra.]

1Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title.

2If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men.

3For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.

4Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.

5Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,

6who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.

7God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.

8They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened.

9Like wax that flows, they will be carried away. Fire has fallen upon them, and they will not see the sun.

10Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.

11The just one will rejoice when he sees vindication. He will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

12And man will say, “If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth.”