<p class="poetry">The Babylonian tyrant<n id="1" /> pulls them all up with a fishhook;p> <p class="poetry">he hauls them in with his throw net.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">When he catches<n id="3" /> them in his dragnet,p> <p class="poetry">he is very happy.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because of his success<n id="1" /> he offers sacrifices to his throw netp> <p class="poetry">and burns incense to his dragnet;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for because of them he has plenty of food,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and more than enough to eat.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The fishermen will mourn and lament,p> <p class="poetry">all those who cast a fishhook into the river,p> <p class="poetry">and those who spread out a net on the water&#8217;s surface will grieve.<n id="1" />p>