⁵ Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers
^6 (A)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which had dominion over the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.

⁶ I was furious with My people;
I profaned My inheritance
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show compassion to them,
On the ^(A)aged you made your yoke very heavy.

¹⁶ Therefore all who ^(A)devour you will be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, ^(B)will go into captivity;
And those who take you as spoil will be spoil,
And all who plunder you I will give as plunder.