“How ^(H)the oppressor has ceased,
And how the ^[c]onslaught has ceased!
⁵ The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers,
^6 (I)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which ^[d]subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
⁷ The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They ^(J)break forth into shouts of joy.
⁸ Even the ^(K)juniper trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you have been laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
^9 (L)Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come;
It stirs the ^[e]spirits of the dead for you, all the ^[f]leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
^10 (M)They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have become weak as we,
You have become like us.
¹¹ Your ^(N)pride and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
¹² How you have ^(O)fallen from heaven,
You ^[g](P)star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who defeated the nations!
¹³ But you said in your heart,
‘I will ^(Q)ascend to heaven;
I will ^(R)raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
^(S)I will make myself like the Most High.’
¹⁵ Nevertheless you ^(T)will be brought down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.
¹⁶ Those who see you will stare at you,
They will ^[h]closely examine you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
¹⁷ Who made the world like a ^(U)wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who ^(V)did not ^[i]allow his prisoners to go home?’
¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own ^[j]tomb.
¹⁹ But you have been ^(W)hurled out of your tomb
Like ^[k]a rejected branch,
^[l]Clothed with those killed who have been pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the ^(X)pit
Like a ^(Y)trampled corpse.
²⁰ You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have killed your people.
May the ^(Z)descendants of evildoers never be mentioned.
²¹ Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons
Because of the ^(AA)wrongdoing of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth,
And fill the surface of the world with cities.”

²⁹ “Do not rejoice, ^(AN)Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that ^(AO)struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a ^(AP)viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a ^(AQ)winged serpent.
^30 [n]Those who are most ^(AR)helpless will eat,
And the poor will lie down in security;
I will kill your root with ^(AS)famine,
And it will kill your survivors.
³¹ Wail, you ^(AT)gate; cry, you city;
^[o]Melt away, ^(AU)Philistia, all of you!
For smoke comes from the ^(AV)north,
And ^(AW)there is no straggler in his ranks.
³² What answer will one give the ^(AX)messengers of the nation?
That ^(AY)the Lord has founded Zion,
And ^(AZ)the poor of His people will take refuge in it.”