²¹ So give their children over to famine;^(A)
    hand them over to the power of the sword.^(B)
Let their wives be made childless and widows;^(C)
    let their men be put to death,
    their young men^(D) slain by the sword in battle.

⁶ May the praise of God be in their mouths^(A)
    and a double-edged^(B) sword in their hands,^(C)
7 to inflict vengeance^(D) on the nations
    and punishment^(E) on the peoples,
⁸ to bind their kings with fetters,^(F)
    their nobles with shackles of iron,^(G)
9 to carry out the sentence written against them—^(H)
    this is the glory of all his faithful people.^(I)

Praise the Lord.

⁷ Some trust in chariots^(A) and some in horses,^(B)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.^(C)
8 They are brought to their knees and fall,^(D)
    but we rise up^(E) and stand firm.^(F)

⁴⁷ He is the God who avenges^(A) me,
    who subdues nations^(B) under me,
⁴⁸     who saves^(C) me from my enemies.^(D)
You exalted me above my foes;
    from a violent man^(E) you rescued me.

³⁴ He trains my hands for battle;^(A)
    my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You make your saving help my shield,
    and your right hand sustains^(B) me;
    your help has made me great.
³⁶ You provide a broad path^(C) for my feet,
    so that my ankles do not give way.^(D)

³⁷ I pursued my enemies^(E) and overtook them;
    I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
³⁸ I crushed them^(F) so that they could not rise;^(G)
    they fell beneath my feet.^(H)
39 You armed me with strength^(I) for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries^(J) before me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn their backs^(K) in flight,
    and I destroyed^(L) my foes.