²⁰ The Lord’s anointed,^(A) our very life breath,
    was caught in their traps.^(B)
We thought that under his shadow^(C)
    we would live among the nations.

⁹ Her gates^(A) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars^(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled^(C) among the nations,
    the law^(D) is no more,
and her prophets^(E) no longer find
    visions^(F) from the Lord.

⁴ The nations heard about him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him with hooks^(A)
    to the land of Egypt.^(B)

⁵ “‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,
    her expectation gone,
she took another of her cubs^(C)
    and made him a strong lion.^(D)
6 He prowled among the lions,
    for he was now a strong lion.
He learned to tear the prey
    and he became a man-eater.^(E)
7 He broke down^[a] their strongholds
    and devastated^(F) their towns.
The land and all who were in it
    were terrified by his roaring.
⁸ Then the nations^(G) came against him,
    those from regions round about.
They spread their net^(H) for him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.^(I)