³⁰ There is no wisdom,^(A) no insight, no plan
    that can succeed against the Lord.^(B)

⁹ Raise the war cry,^[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!^(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare^(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
¹⁰ Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;^(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,^(E)
    for God is with us.^[b](F)

⁹ Whatever they plot^(A) against the Lord
    he will bring^[a] to an end;
    trouble will not come a second time.