Persia, ¹  Ethiopia, and Put ²  are with them, all of them with shields and helmets.

“You ¹  Ethiopians ²  will also die by my sword!” ³ 

You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone ¹  doing what seems best to him,

Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines ¹  and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.

Or speak ¹  to the earth ²  and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

You, Lord, will protect them; ¹  you will continually shelter each one from these evil people, ² 

for the wicked seem to be everywhere, ¹  when people promote evil. ² 

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; ¹  you fed ²  him to the people who live along the coast. ³ 

A song of ascents. ²  How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, ³  each one who keeps his commands! ⁴ 

You ¹  will eat what you worked so hard to grow. ²  You will be blessed and secure. ³ 

May the Lord bless you ¹  from Zion, that you might see ²  Jerusalem ³  prosper all the days of your life,

A song of ascents. ²  “Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say.

“Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me.

which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

A person ¹  is praised in accordance with ²  his wisdom, but the one who has a twisted mind ³  is despised.

All rebellious sinners will be shattered, ¹  those who abandon the Lord will perish.

Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed. ¹ 

I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; ¹  the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking. ² 

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, ¹  those who pray to me ²  will bring me tribute.