“How ^(B)the oppressor has ceased,
And how the ^[b]onslaught has ceased!
⁵ The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers,
^6 (C)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which ^[c]subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
⁷ The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They ^(D)break forth into shouts of joy.
⁸ Even the ^(E)juniper trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you have been laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
^9 (F)Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come;
It stirs the ^[d]spirits of the dead for you, all the ^[e]leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
^10 (G)They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have become weak as we,
You have become like us.