²⁹ But if he remains silent,^(A) who can condemn him?^(B)
    If he hides his face,^(C) who can see him?
Yet he is over individual and nation alike,^(D)

¹⁶ I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.^(A)
Yet I will wait patiently^(B) for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.