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| 1Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you. | 1Woe 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. |
| 2O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. | 2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble. |
| 3At the tumultuous noise peoples flee; when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered, | 3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise. |
| 4and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, it is leapt upon. | 4Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it. |
| 5The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness, | 5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. |
| 6and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure. | 6He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure. |
| 7Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. | 7Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. |
| 8The highways lie waste; the traveler ceases. Covenants are broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for man. | 8The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded. |
| 9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. | 9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. |
| 10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD, “now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted. | 10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted. |
| 11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you. | 11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. |
| 12And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.” | 12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze. |
| 13Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might. | 13You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.” |
| 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?” | 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?” |
| 15He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, | 15He 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— |
| 16he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure. | 16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured. |
| 17Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar. | 17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar. |
| 18Your heart will muse on the terror: “Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?” | 18Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?” |
| 19You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand. | 19You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand. |
| 20Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken. | 20Look 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. |
| 21But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor majestic ship can pass. | 21But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass. |
| 22For the LORD is our judge; the LORD is our lawgiver; the LORD is our king; he will save us. | 22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us. |
| 23Your cords hang loose; they cannot hold the mast firm in its place or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will take the prey. | 23Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder. |
| 24And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. | 24And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity. |
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