Psalms 58

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

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 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

2 不然！你們是心中作惡； 你們在地上秤出你們手所行的強暴。

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

3 惡人一出母胎就與上帝疏遠， 一離母腹便走錯路，說謊話。

4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

4 他們的毒氣好像蛇的毒氣； 他們好像塞耳的聾虺，

5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

5 不聽行法術的聲音， 雖用極靈的咒語也是不聽。

6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

6 上帝啊，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 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

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 Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

8 願他們像蝸牛消化過去， 又像婦人墜落未見天日的胎。

9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.

9 你們用荊棘燒火，鍋還未熱， 他要用旋風把青的和燒着的一齊颳去。

10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

10 義人見仇敵遭報就歡喜， 要在惡人的血中洗腳。

11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

11 因此，人必說：義人誠然有善報； 在地上果有施行判斷的上帝！