4. you will sing this song of contempt about the king of Babylon and say:How the oppressor has quieted down,and how the raging has become quiet!
5. The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,the scepter of the rulers.
6. It struck the peoples in angerwith unceasing blows.It subdued the nations in ragewith relentless persecution.
7. All the earth is calm and at rest;people shout with a ringing cry.
8. Even the cypresses and the cedars of Lebanonrejoice over you: “Since you have been laid low,no woodcutter has come against us.”
9. Sheol below is eager to greet your coming.He stirs up the spirits of the departed for you —all the rulers of the earth.He makes all the kings of the nationsrise from their thrones.