Woe to you , O destroyer never destroyed , O traitor never betrayed When you have finished destroying , you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying , you will be betrayed
O LORD , be gracious to us ! We wait Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice ; the nations scatter when You rise.
Your spoil, (O nations,) is gathered as by locusts ... ; like a swarm of locusts men sweep
The LORD is exalted , for He dwells on high ; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
He will be the sure foundation for your times , a storehouse of salvation , wisdom , and knowledge. The fear of the LORD ... is (Zion’s) treasure.
Behold , their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets ; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
The highways are deserted ; travel ... has ceased. The treaty has been broken , the witnesses are despised , and human life is disregarded ....
The land mourns (and) languishes ; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert ; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
“ Now I will arise , ” says the LORD. “ Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
You conceive chaff ; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
The peoples will be burned to ashes , like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
You who are far off , hear what I have done ; you who are near , acknowledge My might. ”
The sinners in Zion are afraid ; trembling grips the ungodly : “ Who can dwell with a consuming fire ? Who can dwell with everlasting flames ? ”
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity , who refuses gain from extortion , whose hand never takes a bribe , who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil —
he will dwell on the heights ; the mountain fortress (will be) his refuge ; his food will be provided (and) his water assured.
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
Your mind will ponder the former terror : “ Where is he who tallies ? Where is he who weighs ? Where is he who counts the towers ? ”
- You will no longer see the insolent ... , a people whose speech is unintelligible - , who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
Look upon Zion , the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem , a peaceful pasture , a tent that does not wander ; its tent pegs ... will not be pulled up , nor will any of its cords be broken.
- But there the Majestic One , our LORD , a place of rivers and wide ... canals , where no galley with oars will row and no majestic vessel will pass.
For the LORD is our Judge , the LORD is our lawgiver , the LORD is our King. (It is) He who will save us.
Your ropes are slack ; they cannot secure - the mast ... or spread the sail. Then an abundance vvv of spoils will be divided , (and even) the lame will carry off plunder ....
And no resident (of Zion) will say , “ I am sick. ” The people who dwell will be forgiven of iniquity.