Psaumes 58
Louis Segond
58 (58:1) Au chef des chantres. «Ne détruis pas.» Hymne de David. (58:2) Est-ce donc en vous taisant que vous rendez la justice? Est-ce ainsi que vous jugez avec droiture, fils de l'homme?
2 (58:3) Loin de là! Dans le coeur, vous consommez des iniquités; Dans le pays, c'est la violence de vos mains que vous placez sur la balance.
3 (58:4) Les méchants sont pervertis dès le sein maternel, Les menteurs s'égarent au sortir du ventre de leur mère.
4 (58:5) Ils ont un venin pareil au venin d'un serpent, D'un aspic sourd qui ferme son oreille,
5 (58:6) Qui n'entend pas la voix des enchanteurs, Du magicien le plus habile.
6 (58:7) O Dieu, brise-leur les dents dans la bouche! Éternel, arrache les mâchoires des lionceaux!
7 (58:8) Qu'ils se dissipent comme des eaux qui s'écoulent! Qu'ils ne lancent que des traits émoussés!
8 (58:9) Qu'ils périssent en se fondant, comme un limaçon; Sans voir le soleil, comme l'avorton d'une femme!
9 (58:10) Avant que vos chaudières sentent l'épine, Verte ou enflammée, le tourbillon l'emportera.
10 (58:11) Le juste sera dans la joie, à la vue de la vengeance; Il baignera ses pieds dans le sang des méchants.
11 (58:12) Et les hommes diront: Oui, il est une récompense pour le juste; Oui, il est un Dieu qui juge sur la terre.
Psalm 58
King James Version
58 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Psalm 58
New King James Version
The Just Judgment of the Wicked
To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.
58 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?
Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?
2 No, in heart you work wickedness;
You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 (A)The wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 (B)Their poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 Which will not (C)heed the voice of charmers,
Charming ever so skillfully.
6 (D)Break[b] their teeth in their mouth, O God!
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7 (E)Let them flow away as waters which run continually;
When he bends his bow,
Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.
8 Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,
(F)Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your (G)pots can feel the burning thorns,
He shall take them away (H)as with a whirlwind,
As in His living and burning wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the (I)vengeance;
(J)He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 (K)So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who (L)judges in the earth.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 58:1 Heb. Al Tashcheth
- Psalm 58:6 Break away
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
