<p class="poetry">For recognition of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sovereign majesty will fill the earthp> <p class="poetry">just as the waters fill up the sea.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason the law lacks power,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and justice is never carried out.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="3" /> the wicked intimidate<n id="4" /> the innocent.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">For this reason justice is perverted.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, I am about to empower<n id="1" /> the Babylonians,p> <p class="poetry">that ruthless<n id="2" /> and greedy<n id="3" /> nation.p> <p class="poetry">They sweep across the surface<n id="4" /> of the earth,p> <p class="poetry">seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.p>

<p class="poetry">Be sure of this! The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has decreed:p> <p class="poetry">The nations&#8217; efforts will go up in smoke;p> <p class="poetry">their exhausting work will be for nothing.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You march out to deliver your people,p> <p class="poetry">to deliver your special servant.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You strike the leader of the wicked nation,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">laying him open from the lower body to the neck.<n id="3" /> <i>Selahi>.p>