תהילים פרק נ״ח

לַמְנַצֵּחַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת לְדָוִד מִכְתָּם׃

Lamnatzei'ach al tashchet leDavid michtam.

For the leader; al tashheth. Of David. A michtam.

הַאֻמְנָם אֵלֶם צֶדֶק תְּדַבֵּרוּן מֵישָׁרִים תִּשְׁפְּטוּ בְּנֵי אָדָם׃

Ha'umnam elem tzedek tedaberun, meisharim tishpetu benei adam.

O mighty ones, do you really decree what is just? Do you judge mankind with equity?

אַף־בְּלֵב עוֹלֹת תִּפְעָלוּן בָּאָרֶץ חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסוּן׃

Af belev olot tif'alun, ba'aretz chamas yedeichem tefalesun.

In your hearts you devise wrongdoing in the land; with your hands you smooth the way for lawlessness.

זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִים מֵרָחֶם תָּעוּ מִבֶּטֶן דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב׃

Zoru resha'im merachem, ta'u mibeten dovrei chazav.

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

חֲמַת־לָמוֹ כִּדְמוּת חֲמַת־נָחָשׁ כְּמוֹ־פֶתֶן חֵרֵשׁ יַאְטֵם אָזְנוֹ׃

Chamat lamo kidmut chamat nachash, kemo feten cheresh yat'em ozno.

Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf viper that stops its ear

אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִשְׁמַע לְקוֹל מְלַחֲשִׁים חוֹבֵר חֲבָרִים מְחֻכָּם׃

Asher lo yishma lekol melachashim, chover chavarim mechukam.

so as not to hear the voice of charmers or the expert mutterer of spells.

אֱלֹהִים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּימוֹ בְּפִימוֹ מַלְתְּעוֹת כְּפִירִים נְתֹץ יְהוָה׃

Elohim haras shinemo befimo, malte'ot kefirim netoz Adonai.

O God, smash their teeth in their mouth; shatter the fangs of lions, O LORD;

יִמָּאֲסוּ כְמוֹ־מַיִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָמוֹ יִדְרֹךְ חִצָּו כְּמוֹ יִתְמֹלָלוּ׃

Yima'asu chemo mayim yithalchu lamo, yidroch chitzav kemo yitmolalu.

let them melt, like water running off; when they aim their arrows, let them crumble.

כְּמוֹ שַׁבְּלוּל תֶּמֶס יַהֲלֹךְ נֵפֶל אֵשֶׁת בַּל־חָזוּ שָׁמֶשׁ׃

Kemo shablul temes yahaloch, nefel eshet bal chazu shamesh.

Like a snail that melts away as it moves, like a woman's stillbirth, may they never see the sun!

בְּטֶרֶם יָבִינוּ סִּירֹתֵיכֶם אָטָד כְּמוֹ־חַי כְּמוֹ־חָרוֹן יִשְׂעָרֶנּוּ׃

Beterem yavinu siroteichem atad, kemo chai kemo charon yis'arenu.

Before your thorns grow into bushes, alive or charred, may He blast them!

יִשְׂמַח צַדִּיק כִּי־חָזָה נָקָם פְּעָמָיו יִרְחַץ בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע׃

Yismach tzadik ki chaza nakam, pe'amav yirchatz bedam harasha.

The righteous man will rejoice when he sees revenge; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

וְיֹאמַר אָדָם אַךְ־פְּרִי לַצַּדִּיק אַךְ יֵשׁ־אֱלֹהִים שֹׁפְטִים בָּאָרֶץ׃

Veyomar adam ach peri latzadik, ach yesh Elohim shoftim ba'aretz.

Men will say, "There is, then, a reward for the righteous; there is, indeed, divine justice on earth."