⁶ I send him against a godless^(A) nation,
    I dispatch^(B) him against a people who anger me,^(C)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,^(D)
    and to trample^(E) them down like mud in the streets.

² The faithful have been swept from the land;^(A)
    not one^(B) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait^(C) to shed blood;^(D)
    they hunt each other^(E) with nets.^(F)