²² Destruction^[a] and Death say,
    ‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’

¹⁰ They were destroyed at Endor,
    and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
¹¹ Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did.
    Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,
¹² for they said, “Let us seize for our own use
    these pasturelands of God!”

⁶ The underworld^[a] is naked in God’s presence.
    The place of destruction^[b] is uncovered.

¹⁴ ‘It is not here,’ says the ocean.
    ‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.