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.
10. They all respond to you, saying:“You too have become as weak as we are;you have become like us!