those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction;
    he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.^(A)

⁴¹ when I sharpen my flashing sword^(A)
    and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance^(B) on my adversaries
    and repay those who hate me.^(C)

¹² Woe to the many nations that rage^(A)—
    they rage like the raging sea!^(B)
Woe to the peoples who roar^(C)—
    they roar like the roaring of great waters!^(D)
13 Although the peoples roar^(E) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes^(F) them they flee^(G) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff^(H) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.^(I)
14 In the evening, sudden^(J) terror!^(K)
    Before the morning, they are gone!^(L)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.