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O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths!
    Render the young lions harmless; break out their fangs, O Eternal One.
Let them run off like the waters of a flood,
    and though they aim their arrows, let them fly without their heads.
Let them melt like a snail that oozes along;
    may they be like a stillborn that never catches its first breath, never sees the sun.

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Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(A)
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(B)
Let them vanish like water that flows away;(C)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(D)
May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,(E)
    like a stillborn child(F) that never sees the sun.

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