¹⁰ “Now will I arise,^(A)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;^(B)
    now will I be lifted up.

⁵ “Because the poor are plundered^(A) and the needy groan,^(B)
    I will now arise,^(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them^(D) from those who malign them.”

¹⁶ He saw that there was no one,^(A)
    he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;^(B)
so his own arm achieved salvation^(C) for him,
    and his own righteousness^(D) sustained him.
¹⁷ He put on righteousness as his breastplate,^(E)
    and the helmet^(F) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments^(G) of vengeance^(H)
    and wrapped himself in zeal^(I) as in a cloak.

¹⁴ “For a long time I have kept silent,^(F)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.^(G)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.^(H)

¹⁷ A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five^(A)
    you will all flee^(B) away,
till you are left^(C)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner^(D) on a hill.”

¹⁸ Yet the Lord longs^(E) to be gracious to you;
    therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.^(F)
For the Lord is a God of justice.^(G)
    Blessed are all who wait for him!^(H)

³³ See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(A) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(B)
    the tall^(C) ones will be brought low.^(D)

¹⁶ Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(A) upon his sturdy warriors;^(B)
under his pomp^(C) a fire^(D) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.