¹Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

¹Laulujuhatajale: viisil 'Ära hävita!'; Taaveti mõistulaul.

²Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

²Kas te tõesti räägite õigust, kohtunikud? Kas te õiglaselt mõistate kohut, inimlapsed?

³The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

³Küll te teete südames ülekohut, oma käte vägivalda te kaalute välja maa peal.

⁴Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

⁴Õelad on loobunud Jumalast lapsekojast alates, valetajad on eksinud sünnist saadik.

⁵Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

⁵Neil on mürki nagu ussi mürk, nagu kurdil rästikul, kes oma kõrvad kinni topib,

⁶Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

⁶et ta ei kuuleks lausujate häält, osava võluri võlumist.

⁷Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

⁷Jumal! Purusta hambad nende suus; kisu välja noorte lõvide hambad, Issand!

⁸As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

⁸Hääbugu nad nagu vesi, mis laiali voolab; lasku ta välja oma nooled, kuid need olgu otsekui teravikuta!

⁹Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

⁹Nagu tigu, kes sulab, nad kadugu, nagu nurisünnitis, mis ei ole näinud päikest!

¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

¹⁰Enne kui teie pajad saavad tunda kibuvitsa leeki, viigu torm nad laiali, olgu toorelt või kuumalt!

¹¹So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

¹¹Õige rõõmustab, nähes kättemaksmist; ta peseb oma jalad õela veres.

¹²Ja inimesed ütlevad: 'Ometi on õigel kasu; tõesti on olemas Jumal, kes mõistab kohut maa peal.'