¹⁸ O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no `resting' -place.

⁷ For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.

²¹ For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

¹⁹ But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

¹¹ And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

³ Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend `it' in your pleasures.

⁴ Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

²⁹ O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.

⁹ Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;

¹⁰ and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;

¹⁵ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

⁹ Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

⁵ and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked `thee' to anger before the builders.