²⁶ when he made a decree for the rain^(A)
    and a path for the thunderstorm,^(B)

⁷ He was oppressed^(A) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(B)
he was led like a lamb^(C) to the slaughter,^(D)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.

⁷ Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.^(A)

¹⁷ Your guards are like locusts,^(A)
    your officials like swarms of locusts
    that settle in the walls on a cold day—
but when the sun appears they fly away,
    and no one knows where.