«تِقْرَا مَزَامِيرَكْ عَلَى مِينْ يَا دَاوُدْ»

This saying is used when someone is offering sound counsel or useful explanation to people who neither listen nor respond. David’s psalms stand for a valuable message, while the question stresses that no receptive audience is present.

It conveys the frustration of addressing those who are unreachable or indifferent. The criticism falls on the listeners’ failure to take in what is being said, not on the worth of the speaker’s psalms or message.

Use it when advice, teaching, or explanation is being given to an audience that will not hear or heed it. The image is of David reciting his psalms with no one available to receive them.