¹{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

¹[Ny amin'ny famaliana ny mpanao fitsarana tsy marina] Ho an'ny mpiventy hira. Al-tasheth. Miktama nataon'i Davida. Moa ny tsi-fitenenana va ataonareo ho filazana ny marina? Mitsara mahitsy va ianareo, ry zanak'olombelona?[Na: Moa milaza ny maraina tokoa va ianareo, ry mahery?]

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

²Tsy izany, fa ny fonareo no amoronanareo ny ratsy; mandanja ny fandozan'ny tananareo etỳ an-tany ianareo.

³The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

³Mivily hatrany am-bohoka ny ratsy fanahy; mania hatrany an-kibo izy ka miteny lainga.

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

⁴Misy poizina tahaka ny an'ny menarana aminy; eny, tahaka ny vipera marenina izay manentsin-tadiny izy,

⁵Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

⁵Ka tsy mihaino ny feon'ny mpanao ody, na dia izay mpahay ody indrindra aza.

⁶O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

⁶Andriamanitra ô, torotoroy ny nifiny eo am-bavany; omboty ny vazan'ny liona tanora, Jehovah ô.

⁷Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

⁷Aoka ho ritra tahaka ny ranotrambo izy; raha atraniny ny zana-tsipìkany, dia aoka ho tapa-doha ireny;

⁸Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; [like] the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

⁸Aoka ho tahaka ny lelosy izay mihalevona eny am-pandehanana izy; Aoka ho tahaka ny zaza-vakimanta izay tsy mahita masoandro izy.

⁹Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, -- they shall be whirled away.

⁹Dieny tsy mbola mafanan'ny afon-tsilo ny vilaninareo, aoka ho entin'ny tafio-drivotra ireny, na ny lena na ny maina.

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

¹⁰Hifaly ny marina, raha mahita ny famaliana; hanasa ny tongony amin'ny ran'ny ratsy fanahy izy;Dia hiteny ny olona ka hanao hoe: misy valiny tokoa ho an'ny marina; misy tokoa Andriamanitra Izay mitsara etỳ ambonin'ny tany.[Heb: vokatra]

¹¹And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

¹¹Dia hiteny ny olona ka hanao hoe: misy valiny tokoa ho an'ny marina; misy tokoa Andriamanitra Izay mitsara etỳ ambonin'ny tany.[Heb: vokatra]