For Levi he said,

‘Let Your Thummim and Urim be 

With Your pious man.

You tested him at Massah,

You strived with him at the waters of Meribah.’

He said of his father and mother,

“I have not seen them,”

Nor did he acknowledge his brothers

Or recognize his children.

For they observed Your word

And kept Your covenant.

They will teach Jacob Your judgments

And Israel Your Torah.

They will put incense in your nose

And whole burnt offerings on 

Your altar.

Adonai, bless his resources,

Find favor in the work of his hands.

Crush the loins of those

Who rise against him and hate him,

So they do not rise again.’

Simeon and Levi are brothers,

Instruments of violence are their knives.

In their secret counsel

May my soul not enter.

In their contingent may my honor

Never be united.

For in their anger they slew men,

And in their self-will they maimed oxen.

Cursed be their anger for it was strong

And their rage for it was cruel—

I will disperse them in Jacob,

I will scatter them in Israel.