²     for true and just are his judgments.^(A)
He has condemned the great prostitute^(B)
    who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”^(C)

“You are just in these judgments,^(A) O Holy One,^(B)
    you who are and who were;^(C)
6 for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,^(D)
    and you have given them blood to drink^(E) as they deserve.”

“Yes, Lord God Almighty,^(G)
    true and just are your judgments.”^(H)

¹⁸ The nations were angry,^(A)
    and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,^(B)
    and for rewarding your servants the prophets^(C)
and your people who revere your name,
    both great and small^(D)—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”