詩篇 58
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
求神降罰惡人
58 大衛的金詩，交於伶長。調用休要毀壞。
1 世人哪，你們默然不語，真合公義嗎？施行審判，豈按正直嗎？
2 不然！你們是心中作惡，你們在地上稱出你們手所行的強暴。
3 惡人一出母胎，就與神疏遠；一離母腹，便走錯路，說謊話。
4 他們的毒氣好像蛇的毒氣，他們好像塞耳的聾虺，
5 不聽行法術的聲音，雖用極靈的咒語，也是不聽。
6 神啊，求你敲碎他們口中的牙！耶和華啊，求你敲掉少壯獅子的大牙！
7 願他們消滅如急流的水一般，他們瞅準射箭的時候，願箭頭彷彿砍斷。
8 願他們像蝸牛消化過去，又像婦人墜落未見天日的胎。
9 你們用荊棘燒火，鍋還未熱，他要用旋風把青的和燒著的一齊颳去。
10 義人見仇敵遭報就歡喜，要在惡人的血中洗腳。
11 因此，人必說：「義人誠然有善報，在地上果有施行判斷的神。」
Psalm 58
Easy-to-Read Version
To the director: To the tune “Don’t Destroy.” A miktam of David.
58 You judges are not being fair in your decisions.
You are not judging people fairly.
2 No, you only think of evil things to do.
You do violent crimes in this country.
3 Those wicked people started doing wrong as soon as they were born.
They have been liars from birth.
4 Their anger is as deadly as the poison of a snake.[a]
They shut their ears like a deaf cobra
5 that does not listen to the music of the snake charmers,
no matter how well they play.
6 God, they are like lions.
So, Lord, break their teeth.
7 May they disappear like water down a drain.
May they be crushed like weeds on a path.[b]
8 May they be like snails melting away as they move.
May they be like a baby born dead, who never saw the light of day.
9 May they be destroyed suddenly,
like the thorns that are burned to quickly heat a pot.
10 Good people will be happy
when they see the wicked getting the punishment they deserve.
They will feel like soldiers
walking through the blood of their enemies![c]
11 Then people will say, “Good people really are rewarded.
Yes, there is a God judging the world!”[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 58:4 anger … snake A wordplay in Hebrew. The word meaning “anger” can also mean “venom” (poison).
- Psalm 58:7 Or “May he shoot his arrows, cutting them down as if they were withering grass.”
- Psalm 58:10 They … enemies Literally, “They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.”
- Psalm 58:11 Yes … world Or “There really are judges in this land doing their job.”
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