⁹ Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.

⁴⁴ Hast caused `him' to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.

⁷ When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.

⁸ Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up.

⁹ Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

¹⁰ The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

¹¹ For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth `to' me.

¹² For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

¹³ The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

¹⁴ Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

¹⁶ Fallen hath the crown `from' our head, Wo `is' now to us, for we have sinned.

³⁹ Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,

¹¹ Ephraim `is' as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.

⁶ And ye are called `Priests of Jehovah,' `Ministers of our God,' is said of you, The strength of nations ye consume, And in their honour ye do boast yourselves.

¹⁶ Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

¹⁷ For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

¹ And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.

²⁰ My honour `is' fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.

²¹ To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

¹⁷ Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.