³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(A)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(B)

³⁹ Then their numbers decreased,^(C) and they were humbled^(D)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles^(E)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(F)