Psalm 57: Injustice Condemned. For The Righteous Exercise of Authority.

The psalmist utters a scathing condemnation against unjust judges. They are deaf to all remonstrances. The vengeance of God, the just judge, awaits them.

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Psalm 57: Prayer Audio in Latin

{57:1} In finem, Ne disperdas, David in tituli inscriptionem.
{57:1} Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title.

{57:2} Si vere utique iustitiam loquimini: recta iudicate filii hominum.
{57:2} If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men.

{57:3} Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini: in terra iniustitias manus vestræ concinnant.
{57:3} For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.

{57:4} Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva, erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
{57:4} Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.

{57:5} Furor illis secundum similitudinem serpentis: sicut aspidis surdæ, et obturantis aures suas,
{57:5} Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,

{57:6} quæ non exaudiet vocem incantantium: et venefici incantantis sapienter.
{57:6} who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.

{57:7} Deus conteret dentes eorum in ore ipsorum: molas leonum confringet Dominus.
{57:7} God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.

{57:8} Ad nihilum devenient tamquam aqua decurrens: intendit arcum suum donec infirmentur.
{57:8} They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened.

{57:9} Sicut cera, quæ fluit, auferentur: supercecidit ignis, et non viderunt solem.
{57:9} Like wax that flows, they will be carried away. Fire has fallen upon them, and they will not see the sun.

{57:10} Priusquam intelligerent spinæ vestræ rhamnum: sicut viventes, sic in ira absorbet eos.
{57:10} Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.

{57:11} Lætabitur iustus cum viderit vindictam: manus suas lavabit in sanguine peccatoris.
{57:11} The just one will rejoice when he sees vindication. He will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

{57:12} Et dicet homo: Si utique est fructus iusto: utique est Deus iudicans eos in terra.
{57:12} And man will say, “If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth.”