¹³ They break up my path;
    they promote my calamity;
    no one restrains^[a] them.

¹² My people—their oppressors extort them,
    and creditors^[a] rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you
    and confuse the course of your paths.^(A)

²⁶ For they persecute those whom you have struck down,
    and those whom you have wounded they attack still more.^[a](A)