⁴ I said to the arrogant, "Don't boast;" To the wicked, "Don't lift up the horn.

²¹ Then I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He said, "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."

² "How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.

³ "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

⁴ Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."

⁵ They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶ I said, "You are gods, All of you are sons of the Most High.

⁷ Nevertheless you shall die like men, And fall like one of the rulers."

⁸ Arise, God, judge the earth, For you inherit all of the nations.

¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

⁸ Consider, you senseless among the people; You fools, when will you be wise?

¹⁴ He has lifted up the horn of his people, The praise of all his saints; Even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

²² "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, And fools hate knowledge?

⁵ You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

⁶ Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

²⁰ and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other [horn] which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.

²¹ I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;