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58 掌權者啊!你們真的講公義嗎(本句或譯:“你們默然不語,真的講公義嗎”)?

你們真的按照正直審判世人嗎?

不是的,你們心中策劃奸惡;

你們的手在地上施行強暴(本句原文作“你們在地上稱出你們手中的強暴”)。

惡人一出母胎,就走上歧路;

他們一離母腹,就走偏了路,常說謊話。

他們的毒氣好像蛇的毒氣,

又像耳朵塞住的聾虺,

不聽行法術者的聲音,

就是極靈的咒語,也是無效。

 神啊!求你敲掉他們口中的牙齒;

耶和華啊!求你打斷少壯獅子的顎骨。

願他們像流水般消逝;

願他們射箭的時候,箭頭折斷(本句原文意義不甚明確)。

願他們像蝸牛般蠕行消融,

如同婦人流產未見天日的胎兒。

你們用荊棘燒火,鍋還未熱,

他要用旋風把燒著的和未燒著的一起颳去。

10 義人看見仇敵遭報就歡喜;

他要在惡人的血中洗自己的腳。

11 因此,人必說:“義人果然有善報;

在世上確有一位施行審判的 神。”

God Really Judges

Psalm 58

For the music director: “Do Not Destroy,” a Michtam of David.
Do you really speak of justice, O “gods”?
Do you judge with fairness, sons of man?
No, in heart you devise injustice.
Your hands weigh out violence on earth.
The wicked are strangers from the womb.
Speaking lies, they go astray from birth.
Their venom is like a serpent’s venom,
like a deaf cobra shutting its ear—
not hearing the voice of charmers,
    or a cunning spell binder.
O God, break their teeth in their mouths.
Tear out the fangs of young lions, Adonai.
Let them flow away like water that runs off.
When he bends his bow, let the arrows be cut off.
Like a slug melting away as it slithers,
like a woman’s miscarriage,
may they never see the sun.
10 Even before your pots can feel a thorn
—whether alive or ablaze—
He will sweep the wicked away.
11 The righteous one will rejoice
when he beholds vengeance,
when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.
12 Then men will say:
“There really is a reward for the righteous.
There really is a God who judges on earth!”

Psalm 58[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b]

Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(A)
    Do you judge people with equity?
No, in your heart you devise injustice,(B)
    and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(C)

Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(D)
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
that will not heed(E) the tune of the charmer,(F)
    however skillful the enchanter may be.

Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(G)
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(H)
Let them vanish like water that flows away;(I)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(J)
May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,(K)
    like a stillborn child(L) that never sees the sun.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(M)
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[c](N)
10 The righteous will be glad(O) when they are avenged,(P)
    when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.(Q)
11 Then people will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;(R)
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”(S)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
  2. Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.