² Which sends envoys by the sea,
Even in ^(A)papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters.
Go, swift messengers, to a nation ^[a](B)tall and smooth,
To a people ^(C)feared ^[b]far and wide,
A powerful and oppressive nation
Whose land the rivers divide.

⁴ For ^(A)their princes are at Zoan
And their messengers reach Hanes.