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Psalm 58
New American Standard Bible
Psalm 58
New American Standard Bible
Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.
For the music director; set to [a]Al-tashheth. A [b]Mikhtam of David.
58 Do you indeed [c]speak righteousness, you [d]gods?
Do you (A)judge [e]fairly, you sons of mankind?
2 No, in heart you (B)practice injustice;
On earth you (C)clear a way for the violence of your hands.
3 The wicked have turned away (D)from the womb;
These who speak lies (E)go astray from [f]birth.
4 They have venom like the (F)venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
5 So that it (G)does not hear the voice of [g](H)charmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.
6 God, (I)shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, Lord.
7 May they (J)flow away like water that runs off;
When he [h](K)aims his arrows, may they be as [i]headless shafts.
8 May they be like a snail which goes along in slime,
Like the (L)miscarriage of a woman that never sees the sun.
9 Before your (M)pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will (N)sweep them away with a whirlwind, the [j]green and the burning alike.
10 The (O)righteous will rejoice when he (P)sees vengeance;
He will (Q)wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 And people will say, “There certainly is [k](R)a reward for the righteous;
There certainly is a God who (S)judges on the earth!”
Footnotes
- Psalm 58 Title Lit Do Not Destroy
- Psalm 58 Title Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
- Psalm 58:1 Another reading is speak righteousness in silence
- Psalm 58:1 Or mighty ones; or judges
- Psalm 58:1 Or mankind fairly?
- Psalm 58:3 Lit the womb
- Psalm 58:5 Or whisperers
- Psalm 58:7 Lit bends
- Psalm 58:7 Lit though they were cut off
- Psalm 58:9 Lit living
- Psalm 58:11 Lit fruit
Psaumes 58
La Bible du Semeur
Psaumes 58
La Bible du Semeur
Dieu est le juste juge des dirigeants coupables
58 Au maître de chant. Sur la mélodie de « Ne détruis pas ! ». Cantique[a] composé par David.
2 Vraiment, est-ce en vous taisant ╵que vous rendez la justice[b] ?
Jugez-vous les hommes ╵en toute droiture ?
3 Non, vous commettez ╵sciemment l’injustice !
Vous propagez sur la terre ╵la violence de vos mains.
4 Dès le ventre maternel, ╵les méchants s’écartent du chemin,
depuis leur naissance, ╵les menteurs s’égarent.
5 Ils sont venimeux ╵comme des serpents,
ils se bouchent les oreilles ╵comme la vipère sourde
6 qui n’écoute pas ╵la voix des charmeurs
et de l’enchanteur ╵expert dans son art.
7 O Dieu, brise-leur les dents ╵dans la bouche :
Eternel, arrache ╵les crocs de ces lions !
8 Que ces gens-là disparaissent ╵comme les eaux qui s’écoulent !
Rends leurs flèches sans effet ╵quand ils tirent de leur arc[c].
9 Qu’ils périssent comme la limace ╵qui fond tout en se mouvant !
Comme les enfants mort-nés, ╵qu’ils ne voient pas le soleil !
10 Et avant que leurs épines[d] ╵ne deviennent des buissons,
qu’elles soient vertes ou sèches, ╵qu’un tourbillon les emporte[e] !
11 Pour le juste, quelle joie ╵de voir les méchants punis.
Dans leur sang, ╵il se lavera les pieds.
12 Et les hommes pourront dire :
« Oui, ceux qui sont justes ╵trouvent une récompense.
Il y a un Dieu ╵qui exerce la justice ╵sur la terre. »
Footnotes
- 58.1 Signification incertaine.
- 58.2 Plusieurs changent la ponctuation des lettres d’un mot hébreu et parviennent à la traduction suivante qui, comme 82.1, 6, appelle les dirigeants des « dieux » : Vos sentences, ô dieux, sont-elles vraiment conformes à la justice ? Jugez-vous avec droiture, vous qui n’êtes que des hommes ?
- 58.8 Hébreu peu clair.
- 58.10 Les épines sont un combustible qui dégage rapidement de la chaleur. Ce verset a été très diversement rendu. L’idée commune à toutes les traductions est celle de la rapidité du jugement.
- 58.10 Hébreu peu clair.
Psalm 58
New International Version
Psalm 58
New International Version
Psalm 58[a]
For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b]
1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(A)
Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, in your heart you devise injustice,(B)
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(C)
3 Even from birth the wicked go astray;
from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(D)
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 that will not heed(E) the tune of the charmer,(F)
however skillful the enchanter may be.
6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(G)
Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(H)
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away;(I)
when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(J)
8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,(K)
like a stillborn child(L) that never sees the sun.
9 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
- Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
- Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
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