¹ Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
    Why do you boast^(B) all day long,^(C)
    you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

¹ Give thanks to the Lord,^(A) for he is good;^(B)
    his love endures forever.

⁴ No one calls for justice;^(A)
    no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely^(B) on empty arguments, they utter lies;^(C)
    they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.^(D)

¹ By the rivers of Babylon^(A) we sat and wept^(B)
    when we remembered Zion.^(C)
2 There on the poplars^(D)
    we hung our harps,^(E)