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O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.

They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen 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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