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

¹Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

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

²No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

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

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

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

⁴Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

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

⁵which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

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

⁶Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

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

⁷Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

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

⁸Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

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

⁹Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

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

¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

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

¹¹so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”

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