² A stern vision is told to me;
    the betrayer betrays,
    and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
    lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
    I bring to an end.^(A)

33 Woe to the destroyer,
    who yourself have not been destroyed;
you treacherous one,
    with whom no one has dealt treacherously!
When you have ceased to destroy,
    you will be destroyed;
and when you have stopped dealing treacherously,
    you will be dealt with treacherously.^(A)

¹⁶ From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
    of glory to the Righteous One.

³ You have made your people suffer hard things;
    you have given us wine to drink that made us reel.^(A)

⁸ Do not rejoice over me, my enemies;^[a]
    when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.^(A)
9 I must bear the indignation of the Lord
    because I have sinned against him,
until he takes my side
    and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
    I shall see his vindication.^(B)
10 Then my enemies^[b] will see,
    and shame will cover those^[c] who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see their^[d] downfall;^[e]
    now they^[f] will be trodden down
    like the mire of the streets.^(C)