^4 (A)For the yoke of his burden,
    ^(B)and the staff for his shoulder,
    the rod of his oppressor,
    you have broken as ^(C)on the day of Midian.

²⁵ that ^(A)I will break the Assyrian in my land,
    and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and ^(B)his yoke shall depart from them,
    and ^(C)his burden from their shoulder.”

¹⁵ saying, ^(A)“Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

⁹ What ^(A)do you plot against the Lord?
    ^(B)He will make a complete end;
    trouble will not rise up a second time.
¹⁰ For they are ^(C)like entangled thorns,
    like drunkards as they drink;
    ^(D)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
¹¹ From you came one
    ^(E)who plotted evil against the Lord,
    a worthless counselor.

^{7     (A)}you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore ^(B)God, your God, has ^(C)anointed you
    with the oil of ^(D)gladness ^(E)beyond your companions;