"He makes priestswalkbarefootAnd overthrowsthe secureones.
"He has strippedmy honorfrom me And removedthe crownfrom my head.
"Whydo the wicked[still] live,Continueon, alsobecomeverypowerful?
"But the earthbelongs to the mightyman,And the honorableman dwellsin it.
"But He dragsoff the valiantby His power;He rises,but noone hasassuranceof life.
"In a momentthey die,and at midnightPeopleare shakenand passaway,And the mightyare takenawaywithouta hand.
"He breaksin pieces mightymenwithoutinquiry,And setsothersin their place.
So that they caused the cryof the poorto cometo Him, And that He might hearthe cryof the afflicted--
"Becauseof the multitudeof oppressionsthey cryout; They cryfor helpbecauseof the armof the mighty.
He [it is] who reducesrulersto nothing,Who makesthe judgesof the earthmeaningless.
Thussaysthe LORDto CyrusHis anointed,WhomI have takenby the righthand,To subduenationsbeforehim And to loosethe loinsof kings;To opendoorsbeforehim so that gateswill not be shut:
When they broughtthesekingsout to Joshua,Joshuacalledfor allthe menof Israel,and saidto the chiefsof the menof warwho had gonewith him, "Comenear,putyour feeton the necksof thesekings."So they camenearand puttheir feeton their necks.
Joshuacapturedallthesekingsand their landsat onetime,becausethe LORD,the Godof Israel,foughtfor Israel.
"Thesewill wage waragainstthe Lamb,and the Lambwill overcomethem, becauseHe is Lordof lordsand Kingof kings,and thosewhoare with Him [are the] calledand chosenand faithful."
