¹³ O my God, make them like ^(A)whirling dust,^[a]
    like ^(B)chaff before the wind.

²⁴ Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
    scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
    ^(A)and the tempest carries them off like stubble.

^2 (A)Who stirred up one from the east
    whom victory meets at every ^(B)step?^[a]
(C)He gives up nations before him,
    so that he tramples kings underfoot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
    ^(D)like driven stubble with his bow.

¹² Ah, ^(A)the thunder of many peoples;
    they thunder like the thundering of the sea!
Ah, the roar of nations;
    they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
^13 (B)The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
    ^(C)but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased ^(D)like chaff on the mountains before the wind
    and ^(E)whirling dust before the storm.
^14 (F)At evening time, behold, terror!
    Before morning, they are no more!
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    and the lot of those who plunder us.