4. that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5. Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;
6. that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
7. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8. Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.