²⁴ Without inquiry he shatters^(A) the mighty^(B)
    and sets up others in their place.^(C)

¹⁷ The arrogance of man will be brought low^(A)
    and human pride humbled;^(B)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,^(C)

¹¹ The eyes of the arrogant^(A) will be humbled^(B)
    and human pride^(C) brought low;^(D)
the Lord alone will be exalted^(E) in that day.^(F)

¹⁹ who shows no partiality^(A) to princes
    and does not favor the rich over the poor,^(B)
    for they are all the work of his hands?^(C)
20 They die in an instant, in the middle of the night;^(D)
    the people are shaken and they pass away;
    the mighty are removed without human hand.^(E)

¹² Though you search for your enemies,
    you will not find them.^(A)
Those who wage war against you
    will be as nothing^(B) at all.

¹³ Although the peoples roar^(A) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes^(B) them they flee^(C) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff^(D) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.^(E)
14 In the evening, sudden^(F) terror!^(G)
    Before the morning, they are gone!^(H)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

³⁵ I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing^(A) like a luxuriant native tree,
³⁶ but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.^(B)