⁵ ‘Therefore ^(C)its height was exalted above all the trees of the field;
Its boughs were multiplied,
And its branches became long because of the abundance of water,
As it sent them out.
⁶ All the ^(D)birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs;
Under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young;
And in its shadow all great nations ^[b]made their home.

⁷ ‘Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches,
Because its roots reached to abundant waters.
⁸ The cedars in the ^(E)garden of God could not hide it;
The fir trees were not like its boughs,
And the ^[c]chestnut trees were not like its branches;
No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
⁹ I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches,
So that all the trees of Eden envied it,
That were in the garden of God.’

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a ^[b]valiant man.

⁶ I said, ^(A)“You are ^[a]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.
⁷ But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”