3 When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,
4 you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words:“Look how the oppressor has met his end!Hostility has ceased!
5 The Lord has broken the club of the wicked,the scepter of rulers.
6 It furiously struck down nationswith unceasing blows.It angrily ruled over nations,oppressing them without restraint.
7 The whole earth rests and is quiet;they break into song.
8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing,‘Since you fell asleep,no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’
9 Sheol below is stirred up about you,ready to meet you when you arrive.It rouses the spirits of the dead for you,all the former leaders of the earth;it makes all the former kings of the nationsrise from their thrones.