²³ With bitterness archers attacked him;^(A)
    they shot at him with hostility.^(B)

¹¹ the voice of the singers^[a] at the watering places.
    They recite the victories^(A) of the Lord,
    the victories of his villagers in Israel.

“Then the people of the Lord
    went down to the city gates.^(B)

³ All your leaders have fled^(A) together;
    they have been captured^(B) without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
    having fled while the enemy was still far away.

²⁹ At the sound of horsemen and archers^(A)
    every town takes to flight.^(B)
Some go into the thickets;
    some climb up among the rocks.^(C)
All the towns are deserted;^(D)
    no one lives in them.