I swear I have never acted wickedly and never tried to deceive others.

If I have turned from the right path or let myself be attracted to evil, if my hands are stained with sin,

If I have been attracted to my neighbor's wife, and waited, hidden, outside her door,

If I have stolen the land I farm and taken it from its rightful owners---

then instead of wheat and barley, may weeds and thistles grow. The words of Job are ended.

and by your power we defeat our enemies.

With God on our side we will win; he will defeat our enemies.

Yes, look at them and bring them down; crush the wicked where they stand.

I sent Assyria to attack a godless nation, people who have made me angry. I sent them to loot and steal and trample the people like dirt in the streets."

The LORD answers, "I have trampled the nations like grapes, and no one came to help me. I trampled them in my anger, and their blood has stained all my clothing.

The people of Judah will be victorious like soldiers who trample their enemies in the mud of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will defeat even the enemy cavalry.

On the day when I act, you will overcome the wicked, and they will be like dust under your feet.

Our greatness cannot keep us from death; we will still die like the animals.

I mourn and wear clothes made of sackcloth, and I sit here in the dust defeated.

Bury them all in the ground; bind them in the world of the dead.

LORD, you are Israel's hope; all who abandon you will be put to shame. They will disappear like names written in the dust, because they have abandoned you, the LORD, the spring of fresh water.

They talk about me and say, "God will not help him."

You went out to save your people, to save your chosen king. You struck down the leader of the wicked and completely destroyed his followers.