Psaltaren 58
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Rättvisan segrar
1-3 Rättvisa, skriker ni, högt uppsatta och mäktiga politiker, ni som inte ens vet vad ordet betyder! Och när ni dömer, gäller då allas lika rätt inför lagen? Nej, inte alls. Med våld gör ni folk till slavar.
4 Dessa onda män är födda till syndare, de har ljugit från det de var barn!
5-6 De är fulla av ormgift. De är som döva kobror, som inte lyssnar till ormtjusare eller trollkarlar.
7 Dra ut tänderna på dessa unga lejon, Herre!
8 Låt dessa mäktiga män försvinna, lika fort som vatten rinner ner i marken! Och när de griper till vapen så gör dem odugliga i deras händer!
9 Låt dem bli som sniglar som förgås i brännande hetta, eller som dödfödda barn som aldrig får se dagens ljus.
10 Innan de vet ordet av kommer Gud i sin vrede att utrota dem.
11 Den gudfruktige ska glädja sig när rättvisan segrar. Han ska vada fram i blod, när han går över fälten där de ogudaktiga ligger slagna.
12 Då ska alla slutligen förstå att de rättfärdiga fått sin belöning, och att det finns en Gud som dömer rättfärdigt här på jorden.
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
Psalm 58
English Standard Version
God Who Judges the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David.
58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[b]
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands (C)deal out violence on earth.
3 The wicked are (D)estranged from the womb;
they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 (E)They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
5 so that it (F)does not hear the voice of charmers
or of the cunning enchanter.
6 O God, (G)break the teeth in their mouths;
tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7 Let them (H)vanish like water that runs away;
when he (I)aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
8 Let them be like the snail (J)that dissolves into slime,
like (K)the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of (L)thorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he (M)sweep them away![c]
10 (N)The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will (O)bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is (P)a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who (Q)judges on earth.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 58:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 58:1 Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)
- Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
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