⁵ You have rebuked the nations^(A) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(B) for ever and ever.

⁷ The name of the righteous^(A) is used in blessings,^[a]
    but the name of the wicked^(B) will rot.^(C)

⁹ The light of the righteous shines brightly,
    but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.^(A)

⁷ to inflict vengeance^(A) on the nations
    and punishment^(B) on the peoples,

¹⁰ Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”^(A)

Before our eyes, make known among the nations
    that you avenge^(B) the outpoured blood^(C) of your servants.

⁵⁵ He drove out nations^(A) before them
    and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;^(B)
    he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.