⁶ Your throne, O God,^[a] will last for ever and ever;^(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

¹⁷ Mourn for her, all who live around her,
    all who know her fame;^(A)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,^(B)
    how broken the glorious staff!’

¹⁴ Fire spread from one of its main^[a] branches
    and consumed^(A) its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
    fit for a ruler’s scepter.’^(B)