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?]

¹To the Overseer. — `Destroy not.` — A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?

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

²Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

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

³The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

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

⁴Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

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

⁵Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.

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

⁶O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.

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

⁷They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

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

⁸As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

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

⁹Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

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]

¹⁰The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

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]

¹¹And man saith: `Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!`