Let us break asunder their bonds, - and cast from us their cords!

Young, have I been, moreover am old, - Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:

Even the man whom I used to salute, in whom I put confidence, who used to eat my bread, - hath magnified his heel against me!

Thou thyself, with thine own hand - Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out:

GOD also, will break thee down utterly, He will snatch thee up and tear thee away tentless, And uproot thee, out of the land of the living. Selah.

O God! break away their teeth in their mouth, The biters of the young lions, knock thou out, O Yahweh!

Thou, didst cleave asunder, in thy might, the sea, Thou didst break in pieces the heads of the Crocodiles, till they floated on the waters;

Shout aloud to Yahweh, all the earth, Break forth and make a joyful noise and sweep the strings;

For, ashes - like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink - with my tears, have I mingled;

They give drink, to every wild beast of the field, The wild asses do break their thirst.

Then called he a famine over the and, All the staff of bread, he brake;

They asked, and he brought in the quail, - And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them;

Her provision, will I abundantly bless, Her needy ones, will I satisfy with bread;