⁵ Together they^[a] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.^(A)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.^(B)

¹⁷ Let the priests, who minister^(A) before the Lord,
    weep^(B) between the portico and the altar.^(C)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
    Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,^(D)
    a byword^(E) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?^(F)’”

¹¹ But now many nations
    are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
    let our eyes gloat^(A) over Zion!”

⁵¹ “We are disgraced,^(A)
    for we have been insulted
    and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”^(B)

“The people of Israel are oppressed,^(A)
    and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
    refusing to let them go.^(B)
34 Yet their Redeemer^(C) is strong;
    the Lord Almighty^(D) is his name.
He will vigorously defend their cause^(E)
    so that he may bring rest^(F) to their land,
    but unrest to those who live in Babylon.

¹⁰ My bones suffer mortal agony^(A)
    as my foes taunt^(B) me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”^(C)

²⁶ May all who gloat^(A) over my distress^(B)
    be put to shame^(C) and confusion;
may all who exalt themselves over me^(D)
    be clothed with shame and disgrace.

⁴² I beat them as fine as windblown dust;^(A)
    I trampled them^[a] like mud in the streets.