² “Who has stirred^(A) up one from the east,^(B)
    calling him in righteousness^(C) to his service^[a]?^(D)
He hands nations over to him
    and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust^(E) with his sword,
    to windblown chaff^(F) with his bow.^(G)

⁴³ I beat them as fine as the dust^(A) of the earth;
    I pounded and trampled^(B) them like mud^(C) in the streets.