¹⁵ O Lord, ^(A)You know;
Remember me and ^[a]visit me,
And ^(B)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.
Know that ^(C)for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.
¹⁶ Your words were found, and I ^(D)ate them,
And ^(E)Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
For I am called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.
^17 (F)I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers,
Nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because of Your hand,
For You have filled me with indignation.
¹⁸ Why is my ^(G)pain perpetual
And my wound incurable,
Which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me ^(H)like an unreliable stream,
As waters that ^[b]fail?

²³ “And in the latter time of their kingdom,
When the transgressors have reached their fullness,
A king shall arise,
^(A)Having fierce ^[a]features,
Who understands sinister schemes.
²⁴ His power shall be mighty, ^(B)but not by his own power;
He shall destroy ^[b]fearfully,
^(C)And shall prosper and thrive;
^(D)He shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people.

²⁵ “Through^(E) his cunning
He shall cause deceit to prosper under his ^[c]rule;
^(F)And he shall exalt himself in his heart.
He shall destroy many in their prosperity.
^(G)He shall even rise against the Prince of princes;
But he shall be ^(H)broken without human ^[d]means.

²⁶ “And the vision of the evenings and mornings
Which was told is true;
^(I)Therefore seal up the vision,
For it refers to many days in the future.”