Daily Bread

²⁶ I said I would scatter^(A) them
    and erase their name from human memory,^(B)
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
    lest the adversary misunderstand^(C)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
    the Lord has not done all this.’”^(D)

²⁸ They are a nation without sense,
    there is no discernment^(E) in them.
²⁹ If only they were wise and would understand this^(F)
    and discern what their end will be!^(G)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,^(H)
unless their Rock had sold them,^(I)
    unless the Lord had given them up?^(J)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,^(K)
    as even our enemies concede.^(L)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom^(M)
    and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,^(N)
    and their clusters with bitterness.^(O)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
    the deadly poison of cobras.^(P)

³⁴ “Have I not kept this in reserve
    and sealed it in my vaults?^(Q)
35 It is mine to avenge;^(R) I will repay.^(S)
    In due time their foot will slip;^(T)
their day of disaster is near
    and their doom rushes upon them.^(U)”

³⁶ The Lord will vindicate his people^(V)
    and relent^(W) concerning his servants^(X)
when he sees their strength is gone
    and no one is left, slave^(Y) or free.^[a]
37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
    the rock they took refuge in,^(Z)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
    and drank the wine of their drink offerings?^(AA)
Let them rise up to help you!
    Let them give you shelter!

³⁹ “See now that I myself am he!^(AB)
    There is no god besides me.^(AC)
I put to death^(AD) and I bring to life,^(AE)
    I have wounded and I will heal,^(AF)
    and no one can deliver out of my hand.^(AG)
40 I lift my hand^(AH) to heaven and solemnly swear:
    As surely as I live forever,^(AI)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword^(AJ)
    and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance^(AK) on my adversaries
    and repay those who hate me.^(AL)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,^(AM)
    while my sword devours flesh:^(AN)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

⁴³ Rejoice,^(AO) you nations, with his people,^[b][c]
    for he will avenge the blood of his servants;^(AP)
he will take vengeance on his enemies^(AQ)
    and make atonement for his land and people.^(AR)