לַמְנַצֵּחַ אַל תַּשְׁחֵת לְדָוִד מִכְתָּם:
For the conductor, al tashcheth; of David a michtam.
הַאֻמְנָם אֵלֶם צֶדֶק תְּדַבֵּרוּן מֵישָׁרִים תִּשְׁפְּטוּ בְּנֵי אָדָם:
Is it true that You were silent about the righteousness that You should have spoken, the equities [with which] You should have judged the children of men?
אַף בְּלֵב עוֹלֹת תִּפְעָלוּן בָּאָרֶץ חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם תְּפַלֵּסוּן:
Even in your heart, you plot injustice; in the earth, you weigh down the violence of your hands.
זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִים מֵרָחֶם תָּעוּ מִבֶּטֶן דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב:
The wicked become estranged [even] from the womb; those who speak lies go astray from birth.
חֲמַת לָמוֹ כִּדְמוּת חֲמַת נָחָשׁ כְּמוֹ פֶתֶן חֵרֵשׁ יַאְטֵם אָזְנוֹ:
They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like a deaf cobra that closes its ear,
אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמַע לְקוֹל מְלַחֲשִׁים חוֹבֵר חֲבָרִים מְחֻכָּם:
Which will not hear the voice of charmers, the most cunning caster of spells.
אֱלֹהִים הֲרָס שִׁנֵּימוֹ בְּפִימוֹ מַלְתְּעוֹת כְּפִירִים נְתֹץ יְהוָה:
O God, smash their teeth in their mouth; break the molars of lions, O Lord.
יִמָּאֲסוּ כְמוֹ מַיִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ לָמוֹ יִדְרֹךְ (חצו) חִצָּיו כְּמוֹ יִתְמֹלָלוּ:
Let them be rejected; let them walk as [through] water; He will aim His arrows as though they are cut down.
כְּמוֹ שַׁבְּלוּל תֶּמֶס יַהֲלֹךְ נֵפֶל אֵשֶׁת בַּל חָזוּ שָׁמֶשׁ:
Like a snail, which continuously melts, a mole [and a] stillbirth, which did not see the sun.
בְּטֶרֶם יָבִינוּ סִּירֹתֵיכֶם אָטָד כְּמוֹ חַי כְּמוֹ חָרוֹן יִשְׂעָרֶנּוּ:
Before your tender briars develop into hardened thorns, with vigor, with wrath, He will drive them away as a storm wind.
יִשְׂמַח צַדִּיק כִּי חָזָה נָקָם פְּעָמָיו יִרְחַץ בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע:
The righteous man will rejoice because he saw revenge; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
וְיֹאמַר אָדָם אַךְ פְּרִי לַצַּדִּיק אַךְ יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים שֹׁפְטִים בָּאָרֶץ:
And man will say, "Truly, the righteous man has reward; truly there is a God Who judges on earth."