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58 Til Sangmesteren. Al-tasjhet. Af David. En Miktam.

Er det virkelig Ret, I taler, I Guder, dømmer I Menneskenes Børn retfærdigt? Nej, alle øver I Uret på Jord, eders Hænder udvejer Vold. Fra Moders Liv vanslægted de gudløse, fra Moders Skød for Løgnerne vild. Gift har de i sig som Slangen, den stumme Øgle, der døver sit Øre og ikke vil høre på Tæmmerens Røst, på den kyndige Slangebesværger. Gud, bryd Tænderne i deres Mund, Ungløvernes Kindtænder knuse du, Herre; lad dem svinde som Vand, der synker, visne som nedtrampet Græs. Lad dem blive som Sneglen, opløst i Slim som et ufuldbårent Foster, der aldrig så Sol. 10 Før eders Gryder mærker til Tjørnen, ja, midt i deres Livskraft river han dem bort i sin Vrede

11 Den retfærdige glæder sig, når han ser Hævn, hans Fødder skal vade i gudløses Blod; 12 Og Folk skal sige: "Den retfærdige får dog sin Løn, der er dog Guder, som dømmer på Jord!"

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.