^17 (A)Grieve for him, all you who are round him,
    and all who know his name;
say, ^(B)‘How the mighty sceptre is broken,
    the glorious staff.’

^14 (A)And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,
    has consumed its fruit,
^(B)so that there remains in it no strong stem,
    no sceptre for ruling.

^6 (A)Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever.
    The ^(B)sceptre of your kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness;