“How the oppressor has ceased,
    ^(B)the insolent fury^[a] ceased!
⁵ The Lord has broken the ^(C)staff of the wicked,
    the ^(D)scepter of rulers,
^6 (E)that struck the peoples in wrath
    with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
    with unrelenting persecution.

¹² “How ^(A)you are fallen from heaven,
    O Day Star, ^(B)son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
    you who laid the nations low!
¹³ You said in your heart,
    ^(C)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
    ^(D)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
    in the far reaches of the north;^[a]
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
    I will make myself like the Most High.’
^15 (E)But you are brought down to Sheol,
    to the far reaches of the pit.