¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff^(A) before the wind.

⁵ May they be like chaff^(A) before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord^(B) driving them away;

¹⁸ How often are they like straw before the wind,
    like chaff^(A) swept away^(B) by a gale?^(C)

²⁴ “I will scatter you like chaff^(A)
    driven by the desert wind.^(B)

²⁴ No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
    no sooner do they take root^(A) in the ground,
than he blows^(B) on them and they wither,^(C)
    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.^(D)

¹¹ Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?^(A)
    Take it from the folds of your garment^(B) and destroy them!

¹² But God is my King^(C) from long ago;
    he brings salvation^(D) on the earth.

²⁵ Will you torment^(A) a windblown leaf?^(B)
    Will you chase^(C) after dry chaff?^(D)

² “Who has stirred^(A) up one from the east,^(B)
    calling him in righteousness^(C) to his service^[a]?^(D)
He hands nations over to him
    and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust^(E) with his sword,
    to windblown chaff^(F) with his bow.^(G)