³ For the revelation awaits an appointed time;^(A)
    it speaks of the end^(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait^(C) for it;
    it^[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.^(D)

⁴ “See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person^(A) will live by his faithfulness^[a](B)—

⁸ Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.^(A)
For you have shed human blood;^(B)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.^(C)

¹⁰ You have plotted the ruin^(A) of many peoples,
    shaming^(B) your own house and forfeiting your life.