Psalm 57

1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος· μὴ διαφθείρῃς· τῷ Δαυΐδ εἰς στηλογραφίαν.

1 (58) For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial. If you⌃ do indeed speak righteousness, [then] do you⌃ judge rightly, you⌃ sons of men.

2 ΕΙ ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ἄρα δικαιοσύνην λαλεῖτε; εὐθείας κρίνετε οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων;

2 In the English, this verse is part of verse 1.

3 καὶ γὰρ ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνομίαν ἐργάζεσθε ἐν τῇ γῇ, ἀδικίαν αἱ χεῖρες ὑμῶν συμπλέκουσιν.

3 For you⌃ work iniquities in [your] hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness. (verse 2 in Brenton's English)

4 ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ μήτρας, ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ γαστρός, ἐλάλησαν ψευδῆ.

4 Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)

5 θυμὸς αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὴν ὁμοίωσιν τοῦ ὄφεως, ὡσεὶ ἀσπίδος κωφῆς καὶ βυούσης τὰ ὦτα αὐτῆς,

5 Their venom is like [that] of a serpent; as [that] of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears; (verse 4 in Brenton's English)

6 ἥτις οὐκ εἰσακούσεται φωνῆς ἐπᾳδόντων, φαρμάκου τε φαρμακευομένου παρὰ σοφοῦ.

6 which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor [heed] the charm prepared skilfully by the wise. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)

7 ὁ Θεὸς συντρίψει τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, τὰς μύλας τῶν λεόντων συνέθλασεν ὁ Κύριος·

7 God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

8 ἐξουδενωθήσονται ὡσεὶ ὕδωρ διαπορευόμενον· ἐκτενεῖ τὸ τόξον αὐτοῦ ἕως οὗ ἀσθενήσουσιν.

8 They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

9 ὡσεὶ κηρὸς τακεὶς ἀνταναιρεθήσονται· ἔπεσε πῦρ ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς, καὶ οὐκ εἶδον τὸν ἥλιον.

9 They shall be destroyed as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

10 πρὸ τοῦ συνιέναι τὰς ἀκάνθας αὐτῶν τὴν ράμνον, ὡσεὶ ζῶντας, ὡσεὶ ἐν ὀργῇ καταπίεται αὐτούς.

10 Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

11 εὐφρανθήσεται δίκαιος, ὅταν ἴδῃ ἐκδίκησιν· τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ νίψεται ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ.

11 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

12 καὶ ἐρεῖ ἄνθρωπος· εἰ ἄρα ἐστὶ καρπὸς τῷ δικαίῳ, ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ Θεὸς κρίνων αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ γῇ.

12 And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judges them in the earth. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)