¹In finem,Unto the end.ne disperdas.May you not destroy.David in tituli inscriptionem.Of David, with the inscription of a title.

¹In finem,Unto the end.ne disperdas.May you not destroy.David in tituli inscriptionem.Of David, with the inscription of a title.

²Si vere utique justitiam loquimini,If, truly and certainly, you speak justice,recta judicate,then judge what is right,filii hominum.you sons of men.

²Si vere utique justitiam loquimini,If, truly and certainly, you speak justice,recta judicate,then judge what is right,filii hominum.you sons of men.

³Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini;For, even in your heart, you work iniquity.in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.Your hands construct injustice on the earth.

³Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini;For, even in your heart, you work iniquity.in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.Your hands construct injustice on the earth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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