²⁴ For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;^(A)
    they are brought low and gathered up like all others;^(B)
    they are cut off like heads of grain.^(C)

¹⁴ In the evening, sudden^(A) terror!^(B)
    Before the morning, they are gone!^(C)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

¹² Though you search for your enemies,
    you will not find them.^(A)
Those who wage war against you
    will be as nothing^(B) at all.