²⁵ Will you torment^(A) a windblown leaf?^(B)
    Will you chase^(C) after dry chaff?^(D)

²² Stop trusting in mere humans,^(A)
    who have but a breath^(B) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?^(C)

² “Who has stirred^(A) up one from the east,^(B)
    calling him in righteousness^(C) to his service^[a]?^(D)
He hands nations over to him
    and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust^(E) with his sword,
    to windblown chaff^(F) with his bow.^(G)

¹⁵ “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,^(A)
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains^(B) and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.^(C)
16 You will winnow^(D) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale^(E) will blow them away.^(F)
But you will rejoice^(G) in the Lord
    and glory^(H) in the Holy One^(I) of Israel.