O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no place.
And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.
Not for any violence in my hands: also my prayer is pure.
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
[Tau] Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.
And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yea, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her bloodshed, and shall no more cover her slain.
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
