⁸ Ask me,
    and I will make the nations^(A) your inheritance,^(B)
    the ends of the earth^(C) your possession.
⁹ You will break them with a rod of iron^[a];^(D)
    you will dash them to pieces^(E) like pottery.^(F)”

¹⁴ It will break in pieces like pottery,^(A)
    shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
    for taking coals from a hearth
    or scooping water out of a cistern.”

⁵ Let his faithful people rejoice^(A) in this honor
    and sing for joy on their beds.^(B)

⁶ May the praise of God be in their mouths^(C)
    and a double-edged^(D) sword in their hands,^(E)
7 to inflict vengeance^(F) on the nations
    and punishment^(G) on the peoples,
⁸ to bind their kings with fetters,^(H)
    their nobles with shackles of iron,^(I)
9 to carry out the sentence written against them—^(J)
    this is the glory of all his faithful people.^(K)

Praise the Lord.