“How ^(B)the taskmaster has ceased,
And how ^[b]fury has ceased!
⁵ Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers
^6 (C)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which had dominion over the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
⁷ The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They ^(D)break forth into shouts of joy.
⁸ Even the ^(E)cypress trees are glad over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
^9 (F)Sheol from beneath trembles excitedly over you to meet you when you come;
It wakens for you the ^[c]spirits of the dead, all the ^[d]leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
^10 (G)They will all answer and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like us.