<p class="poetry">Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces.p> <p class="poetry">But see how that &#8216;hammer&#8217; has been broken and shattered!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">See what an object of horrorp> <p class="poetry">Babylon has become among the nations!p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;See how Babylon<n id="1" /> has been captured!p> <p class="poetry">See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken!p> <p class="poetry">See what an object of horrorp> <p class="poetry">Babylon has become among the nations!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How the warriors have fallen!p> <p class="poetry">The weapons of war<n id="1" /> are destroyed!p>

<p class="poetry">How the people of Esau<n id="1" /> will be thoroughly plundered!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Their<n id="3" /> hidden valuables will be ransacked!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Oh, how shattered Moab will be!p> <p class="poetry">Oh, how her people will wail!p> <p class="poetry">Oh, how she will turn away<n id="1" /> in shame!p> <p class="poetry">Moab will become an object of ridicule,p> <p class="poetry">a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">How can I give you up,<n id="1" /> O Ephraim?p> <p class="poetry">How can I surrender you, O Israel?p> <p class="poetry">How can I treat you like Admah?p> <p class="poetry">How can I make you like Zeboiim?p> <p class="poetry">I have had a change of heart!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">All my tender compassions are aroused!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The beauty<n id="1" /> of Israel lies slain on your high places!p> <p class="poetry">How the mighty have fallen!p>

<p class="poetry">How desolate they become in a mere moment!p> <p class="poetry">Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">How can we sing a song to the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">in a foreign land?p>

<p class="poetry">And you will say, &#8220;How I hated discipline!p> <p class="poetry">My heart spurned reproof!p>

<p class="poetry">How can you men of Moab say, &#8216;We are heroes,p> <p class="poetry">men who are mighty in battle?&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">How deserted will that once-famous city<n id="1" /> be,p> <p class="poetry">that city that was once filled with<n id="2" /> joy!<n id="3" />p>

David replied to him, &#8220;How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s anointed?&#8221;

<p class="poetry">How the warriors have fallenp> <p class="poetry">in the midst of battle!p> <p class="poetry">Jonathan lies slain on your high places!p>

David was afraid of the <sc>Lordsc> that day and said, &#8220;How will the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> ever come to me?&#8221;

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; by David.p> <p class="poetry">In the <sc>Lordsc> I have taken shelter.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How can you say to me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Flee to a mountain like a bird!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm,p> <p class="poetry">but how can one person keep warm by himself?p>

you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Look how the oppressor has met his end!p> <p class="poetry">Hostility<n id="2" /> has ceased!p>

<p class="poetry">Look how you have fallen from the sky,p> <p class="poetry">O shining one, son of the dawn!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You have been cut down to the ground,p> <p class="poetry">O conqueror<n id="2" /> of the nations!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For my sake alone<n id="1" /> I will act,p> <p class="poetry">for how can I allow my name to be defiled?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will not share my glory with anyone else!<n id="3" />p>