eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. ¹ 

He subdued nations beneath us ¹  and countries ²  under our feet.

They repay me evil for good, ¹  and hate for love.

A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, ¹  a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner’s brand will replace beauty.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth – just as he inflicts an injury on another person ¹  that same injury ²  must be inflicted on him.

then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!” ¹  The words of Job are ended.

They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me. ¹ 

Under three things the earth trembles, ¹  and under four things it cannot bear up:

Since you are precious and special in my sight, ¹  and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.

you who practice ritual sex ¹  under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. ² 

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

He made the sky sink ¹  as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

You widen my path; ¹  my feet ²  do not slip.

You give me strength for battle; ¹  you make my foes kneel before me. ² 

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him.

Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

“The dead ²  tremble ³  – those beneath the waters and all that live in them. ⁴ 

They brayed ¹  like animals among the bushes and were huddled together ²  under the nettles.

They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash ¹  they come rolling in. ²