⁵ Look at me and be appalled,
    and ^(A)lay your hand over your mouth.

^16 (A)The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
^(B)they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
    their ears shall be deaf;
^17 (C)they shall lick the dust like a serpent,
    like the crawling things of the earth;
^(D)they shall come trembling out of their strongholds;
    ^(E)they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
    and they shall be in fear of you.

¹² Do you see a man who is ^(A)wise in his own eyes?
    ^(B)There is more hope for a fool than for him.

²⁸ Even a fool ^(A)who keeps silent is considered wise;
    when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.