²² Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?^(A)
    Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
    Against the Holy One^(B) of Israel!

⁴¹ Again and again they put God to the test;^(A)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.^(B)

¹⁸ Indeed, our shield^[a](A) belongs to the Lord,
    our king^(B) to the Holy One of Israel.

²⁹ “Summon archers against Babylon,
    all those who draw the bow.^(A)
Encamp all around her;
    let no one escape.^(B)
Repay^(C) her for her deeds;^(D)
    do to her as she has done.
For she has defied^(E) the Lord,
    the Holy One^(F) of Israel.

⁵ For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken^(A)
    by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land^[a] is full of guilt^(B)
    before the Holy One of Israel.