תהילים נ״ח
Psalms 58
Hebrew
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵ֗ת לְדָוִ֥ד מִכְתָּֽם׃ הַאֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃ אַף־בְּלֵב֮ עוֹלֹ֢ת תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּן בָּאָ֡רֶץ חֲמַ֥ס יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗ם תְּפַלֵּסֽוּן׃ זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃ חֲמַת־לָ֗מוֹ כִּדְמ֥וּת חֲמַת־נָחָ֑שׁ כְּמוֹ־פֶ֥תֶן חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ יַאְטֵ֥ם אׇזְנֽוֹ׃ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יִ֭שְׁמַע לְק֣וֹל מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים חוֹבֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣ים מְחֻכָּֽם׃ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים הֲרׇס־שִׁנֵּ֥ימֽוֹ בְּפִ֑ימוֹ מַלְתְּע֥וֹת כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים נְתֹ֣ץ ׀ יְהֹוָֽה׃ יִמָּאֲס֣וּ כְמוֹ־מַ֭יִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָ֑מוֹ יִדְרֹ֥ךְ חִ֝צָּ֗ו כְּמ֣וֹ יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃ כְּמ֣וֹ שַׁ֭בְּלוּל תֶּ֣מֶס יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ נֵ֥פֶל אֵ֝֗שֶׁת בַּל־חָ֥זוּ שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ בְּטֶ֤רֶם ׀ יָבִ֣ינוּ סִּירֹתֵכֶ֣ם אָטָ֑ד כְּמוֹ־חַ֥י כְּמוֹ־חָ֝ר֗וֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃ יִשְׂמַ֣ח צַ֭דִּיק כִּי־חָזָ֣ה נָקָ֑ם פְּעָמָ֥יו יִ֝רְחַ֗ץ בְּדַ֣ם הָרָשָֽׁע׃ וְיֹאמַ֣ר אָ֭דָם אַךְ־פְּרִ֣י לַצַּדִּ֑יק אַ֥ךְ יֵשׁ־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים שֹׁפְטִ֥ים בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ {פ}
English Translation
For the leader; al tashḥeth. Of David. A michtam. O mighty ones,aO mighty ones Meaning of Heb. uncertain. do you really decree what is just?
Do you judge humankind with equity? In your minds you devise wrongdoing in the land;
with your hands you deal out lawlessness.bwith your hands you deal out lawlessness Meaning of Heb. uncertain. The wicked are defiant from birth;
the liars go astray from the womb. Their venom is like that of a snake,
a deaf viper that stops its ears so as not to hear the voice of charmers
or the expert mutterer of spells. O God, smash their teeth in their mouth;
shatter the fangs of lions, O ETERNAL One; let them melt, let them vanish like water—
aim Your arrows that they be cut down— like a snail that melts away as it moves;clike a snail that melts away as it moves Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
like a woman’s stillbirth—may they never see the sun! Before the thorns grow into a bramble,
whirl them away alive in fury.dthe thorns grow … in fury Meaning of Heb. uncertain. The righteous will rejoice when they see revenge;
they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. People will say,
“There is, then, a reward for the righteous;
there is, indeed, divine justice on earth.”
Do you judge humankind with equity? In your minds you devise wrongdoing in the land;
with your hands you deal out lawlessness.bwith your hands you deal out lawlessness Meaning of Heb. uncertain. The wicked are defiant from birth;
the liars go astray from the womb. Their venom is like that of a snake,
a deaf viper that stops its ears so as not to hear the voice of charmers
or the expert mutterer of spells. O God, smash their teeth in their mouth;
shatter the fangs of lions, O ETERNAL One; let them melt, let them vanish like water—
aim Your arrows that they be cut down— like a snail that melts away as it moves;clike a snail that melts away as it moves Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
like a woman’s stillbirth—may they never see the sun! Before the thorns grow into a bramble,
whirl them away alive in fury.dthe thorns grow … in fury Meaning of Heb. uncertain. The righteous will rejoice when they see revenge;
they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. People will say,
“There is, then, a reward for the righteous;
there is, indeed, divine justice on earth.”
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Source
Psalms
Category
Tanach
Reference
Psalms 58
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