Foreigners are powerless before me; ¹  when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. ² 

But man ¹  dies and is powerless; ²  he expires – and where is he? ³ 

“How you have helped ¹  the powerless! ²  How you have saved the person who has no strength! ³ 

When they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. ¹  Foreigners are powerless ²  before me;

For the calamity from God was a terror to me, ¹  and by reason of his majesty ²  I was powerless.

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it. ¹ 

Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.” ¹ 

Their residents are powerless, ¹  they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field, or green vegetation. ²  They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops ³  when it is scorched by the east wind. ⁴ 

And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, ¹  and our children are just like their children, ²  still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. ³  Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, ⁴  since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.” ⁵ 

Their residents are powerless; ¹  they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. ²  They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops ³  when it is scorched by the east wind. ⁴