And dignity and power are vain, for thou shalt ne’er excel.
“Levi and Simeon, brethren ye, in wickedness and wile!
My soul abhors your cruelty, mine honor shuns your guile!
Lost and accursed shall ye be by God’s avenging wrath,
And scattered wide, like sifted chaff, upon the whirlwind’s path.
“Thou, princely Judah, nearer draw, my proud and peerless one,
Mine eyes would rest once more on thee, my lion-hearted son;
I see thy calm, majestic front, thou generous, true, and just!
In thee the children of thy sire, for aye shall place their trust.
The gathering of the nations around thy house shall be;