²¹ He pours contempt on nobles^(A)
    and disarms the mighty.^(B)

¹⁸ Is he not the One who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’
    and to nobles,^(A) ‘You are wicked,’^(B)

⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles^(A)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(B)

²⁷ Not one of them grows tired^(A) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(B) is loosened at the waist,^(C)
    not a sandal strap is broken.^(D)

²³ He brings princes^(A) to naught
    and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.^(B)