¹² For they will turn and run
    when they see your arrows aimed at them.

¹² If a person does not repent,
    God^[a] will sharpen his sword;
    he will bend and string his bow.
¹³ He will prepare his deadly weapons
    and shoot his flaming arrows.

⁴⁰ You placed my foot on their necks.
    I have destroyed all who hated me.

¹² He has drawn his bow
    and made me the target for his arrows.

⁷ But God himself will shoot them with his arrows,
    suddenly striking them down.

⁹ My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help.
    This I know: God is on my side!

¹⁰ You make us retreat from our enemies
    and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.

³ My enemies retreated;
    they staggered and died when you appeared.

¹² “I was living quietly until he shattered me.
    He took me by the neck and broke me in pieces.
Then he set me up as his target,
¹³     and now his archers surround me.
His arrows pierce me without mercy.
    The ground is wet with my blood.^[a]

²⁰ If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
    O watcher of all humanity?
Why make me your target?
    Am I a burden to you?^[a]