Psalm 58 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] David reproves the wicked, and foretells their punishment.
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος μὴ διαφθείρῃς τῷ Δαυιδ εἰς στηλογραφίαν
LA In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem.
EN Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title.
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GR εἰ ἀληθῶς ἄρα δικαιοσύνην λαλεῖτε εὐθεῖα κρίνετε οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων
LA Si vere utique justitiam loquimini, recta judicate, filii hominum.
EN If in very deed you speak justice: judge right things, you sons of men.
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GR καὶ γὰρ ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνομίας ἐργάζεσθε ἐν τῇ γῇ ἀδικίαν αἱ χεῖρες ὑμῶν συμπλέκουσιν
LA Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
EN For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.
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GR ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ μήτρας ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ γαστρός ἐλάλησαν ψεύδη
LA Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
EN The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.
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GR θυμὸς αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὴν ὁμοίωσιν τοῦ ὄφεως ὡσεὶ ἀσπίδος κωφῆς καὶ βυούσης τὰ ὦτα αὐτῆς
LA Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspidis surdæ et obturantis aures suas,
EN Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stops her ears:
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GR ἥτις οὐκ εἰσακούσεται φωνὴν ἐπᾳδόντων φαρμάκου τε φαρμακευομένου παρὰ σοφοῦ
LA quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium, et venefici incantantis sapienter.
EN Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charms wisely.
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GR ὁ θεὸς συνέτριψεν τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν τὰς μύλας τῶν λεόντων συνέθλασεν κύριος
LA Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum; molas leonum confringet Dominus.
EN God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.
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GR ἐξουδενωθήσονται ὡς ὕδωρ διαπορευόμενον ἐντενεῖ τὸ τόξον αὐτοῦ ἕως οὗ ἀσθενήσουσιν
LA Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens; intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
EN They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he has bent his bow till they be weakened.
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GR ὡσεὶ κηρὸς ὁ τακεὶς ἀνταναιρεθήσονται ἐπέπεσε πῦρ καὶ οὐκ εἶδον τὸν ἥλιον
LA Sicut cera quæ fluit auferentur; supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
EN Like wax that melts they shall be taken away: fire has fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.
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GR πρὸ τοῦ συνιέναι τὰς ἀκάνθας ὑμῶν τὴν ῥάμνον ὡσεὶ ζῶντας ὡσεὶ ἐν ὀργῇ καταπίεται ὑμᾶς
LA Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum, sicut viventes sic in ira absorbet eos.
EN Before your thorns could know the brier; he swallows them up, as alive, in his wrath.
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GR εὐφρανθήσεται δίκαιος ὅταν ἴδῃ ἐκδίκησιν ἀσεβῶν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ νίψεται ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ
LA Lætabitur justus cum viderit vindictam; manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
EN The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
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GR καὶ ἐρεῖ ἄνθρωπος εἰ ἄρα ἔστιν καρπὸς τῷ δικαίῳ ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ θεὸς κρίνων αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ γῇ
LA Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus justo, utique est Deus judicans eos in terra.
EN And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judges them on the earth.
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[!note]- Before your thorns, etc…
That is, before your thorns grow up, so as to become strong briers, they shall be overtaken and consumed by divine justice, swallowing them up, as it were, alive in his wrath. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Shall wash his hands, etc…
Shall applaud the justice of God, and take occasion from the consideration of the punishment of the wicked to wash and cleanse his hands from sin. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
