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13 If one does not repent,
    God sharpens his sword,
    strings and readies the bow,(A)

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13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.(A)

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Heth

14 The wicked unsheath their swords;
    they string their bows
To fell the poor and oppressed,
    to slaughter those whose way is upright.(A)

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14 The wicked draw the sword(A)
    and bend the bow(B)
to bring down the poor and needy,(C)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.

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I must lie down in the midst of lions
    hungry for human prey.(A)
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
    their tongue, a sharpened sword.(B)

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Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
    let your glory be over all the earth.(A)

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They sharpen their tongues like swords,
    bend their bows of poison words.(A)

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They shoot from ambush at the innocent;(A)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.(B)

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