⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.^(A)

²⁶ who carries out the words^(A) of his servants
    and fulfills^(B) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,^(C) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,^(D) ‘I will restore them,’^(E)

⁵ Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief^(A)
    because of her many sins.^(B)
Her children have gone into exile,^(C)
    captive before the foe.^(D)