8 ^aIndeed the cypress trees rejoice over you,
And the cedars of Lebanon,
Saying, ‘Since you¹ were cut down,
No woodsman has come up against us.’ ‡

9 “Hell^1a from beneath is excited about you,
To meet you at your coming;
It stirs up the dead for you,
All the chief ones of the earth;
It has raised up from their thrones
All the kings of the nations. ‡

12 “Ho¹w^a you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations! ‡

13 For you have said in your heart:
^a‘I will ascend into heaven,
^bI will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the ^cmount of the congregation
^dOn the farthest sides of the north; ‡