1Woe to you, destroyer,

who yourself have not been destroyed;

you treacherous one,

with whom none has dealt treacherously!

When you have ceased to destroy,

you will be destroyed;

and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously,

you will be dealt with treacherously.

2O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for thee.

Be our arm every morning,

our salvation in the time of trouble.

3At the thunderous noise peoples flee,

at the lifting up of thyself nations are scattered;

4and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;

as locusts leap, men leap upon it.

5The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high;

he will fill 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 his treasure.

7Behold, the valiant ones33.7 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain cry without;

the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

8The highways lie waste,

the wayfaring man ceases.

Covenants are broken,

witnesses33.8 One ancient Ms: Heb cities are despised,

there is no regard for man.

9The land mourns and languishes;

Lebanon is confounded and withers away;

Sharon is like a desert;

and 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.

11You conceive chaff, you bring forth 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.”

13Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;

and 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 devouring fire?

Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”

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 upon evil,

16he will dwell on the heights;

his place of defence will be the fortresses of rocks;

his bread will be given him, his water will be sure.

17Your eyes will see the king in his beauty;

they will behold a land that stretches afar.

18Your mind will muse on the terror:

“Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute?

Where is he who counted the towers?”

19You will see no more the insolent people,

the people of an obscure speech which you cannot comprehend,

stammering in a tongue which you cannot understand.

20Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!

Your eyes will see Jerusalem,

a quiet habitation, an immovable tent,

whose stakes will never be plucked 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 stately ship can pass.

22For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our ruler,

the LORD is our king; he will save us.

23Your tackle hangs loose;

it 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.

24And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”;

the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.