Salmos 58

He Īnoi mō te Rapunga Utu

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi: Aratakiti. He Mikitama. Nā Rāwiri.

1 He kōrero puku rānei tā koutou i te pono?

He tika rānei tā koutou whakarite, e ngā tama a te tangata?

2 He pono, e mahia ana e koutou te hē i roto i te ngākau,

e pāunatia ana e koutou te tutū a ō koutou ringa i runga i te whenua.

3 He tangata kē te hunga hara nō te kōpū mai anō;

whānau kau kua kotiti kē, kua kōrero teka.

4 Ko tō rātou paihana he rite ki tō te nākahi,

kei te neke turi e puru nei i tōna taringa;

5 e kore nei e whakarongo ki te reo o te kaiwhakawai,

ahakoa tino mātau ia ki te whakawai.

6 Whatia, e te Atua, ō rātou niho i roto i ō rātou māngai;

kōwhakia, e Ihowā, ngā niho nunui o ngā kūao raiona.

7 Kia mimiti rātou, ānō he wai e heke atu ana;

ka whakatikaia āna pere, kia rite ki te mea kua pōutoa.

8 Kia memeha haere, ā, kia pahure, ānō he ngata;

kia rite ki te mea mate roto a te wahine, kāhore nei i kite i te rā.

9 E kore e tukua kia rongo ā koutou kōhua i ngā tātarāmoa,

ka kāhakina rātou e ia i roto i te āwhiowhio, te mea kaiota, te mea e wera ana.

10 Ka hari te tangata tika ua kite i te utu;

ka horoia e ia ōna waewae ki ngā toto o te tangata hara.

11 Ā, ka mea te tangata, "Koia, ka whai utu te tangata tika;

inā, he Atua anō tēnei e whakawā ana i te whenua."

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam.

1 Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness?

Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2 Nay, in heart ye work wickedness;

Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb:

They go astray as soon as they are 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 hearkeneth not 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 Jehovah.

7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace:

When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

8 Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away,

Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns,

He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance:

He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:

Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.