⁸ How can I curse
    those whom God has not cursed?^(A)
How can I denounce
    those whom the Lord has not denounced?^(B)

⁹ Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness^(A)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed^(B)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”^(C)