Psalms 58

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1 For the leader. Do not destroy. A miktam of David.	1 Magistro chori. Secundum " Ne destruxeris ". David. Miktam.
2 Do you indeed pronounce justice, O gods; do you judge mortals fairly?	2 Numquid vere, potentes, iustitiam loquimini, recte iudicatis filios hominum?
3 No, you freely engage in crime; your hands dispense violence to the earth.	3 Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini, in terra violentiam manus vestrae concinnant.
4 The wicked have been corrupt since birth; liars from the womb, they have gone astray.	4 Alienati sunt peccatores ab utero; erraverunt a ventre, qui loquuntur falsa.
5 Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like that of a serpent stopping its ears,	5 Venenum illis in similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdae et obturantis aures suas,
6 So as not to hear the voice of the charmer who casts such cunning spells.	6 quae non exaudiet vocem incantantium et venefici incantantis sapienter.
7 O God, smash the teeth in their mouths; break the jaw-teeth of these lions, LORD!	7 Deus, contere dentes eorum in ore ipsorum; molas leonum confringe, Domine.
8 Make them vanish like water flowing away; trodden down, let them wither like grass.	8 Diffluant tamquam aqua decurrens, sicut fenum conculcatum arescant.
9 Let them dissolve like a snail that oozes away, like an untimely birth that never sees the sun.	9 Sicut limax, quae tabescens transit, sicut abortivum mulieris, quod non viditsolem.
10 Suddenly, like brambles or thistles, have the whirlwind snatch them away.	10 Priusquam sentiant ollae vestrae rhamnum, sicut viventes, sicut ardor irae absorbet eos.
11 Then the just shall rejoice to see the vengeance and bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.	11 Laetabitur iustus, cum viderit vindictam, pedes suos lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
12 Then it will be said: "Truly there is a reward for the just; there is a God who is judge on earth!"	12 Et dicet homo: “ Utique est fructus iusto, utique est Deus iudicans eos in terra ”.