<p class="poetry">Look,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> is coming out of his dwelling place!p> <p class="poetry">He will descend and march on the earth&#8217;s mountaintops!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will rule<n id="1" /> the land of Assyria with the sword,p> <p class="poetry">the land of Nimrod<n id="2" /> with a drawn sword.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Our king<n id="4" /> will rescue us from the Assyriansp> <p class="poetry">should they attempt to invade our landp> <p class="poetry">and try to set foot in our territory.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Listen, all you nations!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> will testify<n id="3" /> against you;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> will accuse you<n id="4" /> from his majestic palace.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will assume his post<n id="1" /> and shepherd the people<n id="2" /> by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s strength,p> <p class="poetry">by the sovereign authority of the <sc>Lordsc> his God.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will live securely,<n id="4" /> for at that time he will be honored<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">even in the distant regions of<n id="6" /> the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">Hear the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s accusation, you mountains,p> <p class="poetry">you enduring foundations of the earth!p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> has a case against his people;p> <p class="poetry">he has a dispute with Israel!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will lick the dust like a snake,p> <p class="poetry">like serpents crawling on the ground.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will come trembling from their strongholdsp> <p class="poetry">to the <sc>Lordsc> our God;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they will be terrified<n id="3" /> of you.<n id="4" />p>