القراءة بلغتين

لإِمامِ الغِناء. «لا تُدَمِّرْ». لِداود. بِصَوتٍ خافِت

أَحَقٌّ أَيُّها الأَربابُ، أَنَّكم بِالعَدلِ تَنطِقون وبَني آدَمَ بِالٱستِقامةِ تَحكُمون؟

كَلَّا! بَلِ السُّوءَ في قُلوبِكم تَفعَلون وعُنفَ أَيدِيكم في الأَرضِ تَزِنون

مِنَ الرَّحِمِ زاغَ الأَشْرار ومِنَ البَطْنِ ضَلَّ الكاذِبون

لَهم سَمٌّ كسَمِّ الحَيَّة كالأَفْعى الصَّمَّاءِ الَّتي تَسُدُّ أُذُنَها

فلا تَسمَعُ صَوتَ الحُواة ولا سِحْرَ ساحِرٍ بارِع

أَللَّهُمَّ ٱهرُسْ أَسْنانَهم في أَفْواهِهم وحَطِّمْ أَيُّها الرَّبُّ أَنيابَ الأَشْبال

لِيَسيلوا كالمِياهِ الجارِية ولْيَذبُلوا كالعُشبِ المَدْعوس

كالحَلَزونِ الَّذي يَذوبُ ماشِيًا وكسِقْطِ المَرأَةِ الَّذي لم يَرَ الشَّمْس

قَبلَ أَن يَنبِتوا أَشْواكًا كالعَوسَج: الأَخضَرُ مِنه والجافُّ فلْيَجرُفْه الغَضَبُ العاصِف

يَفرَحُ البارُّ إِذا رأَى الٱنتِقام يَغسِلُ قَدَمَيه بِدَمِ الشِّرِّير

فيُقال: «إِنَّ لِلبارِّ ثَمَرًا إِنَّ في الأَرضِ إِلٰهًا دَيَّانًا»

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.

Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”