1 W oe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.

Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you.

2 Y ahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

O Lord, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble.

3 A t the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.

At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;

4 Y our plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.

And Your plunder shall be gathered Like the gathering of the caterpillar; As the running to and fro of locusts, He shall run upon them.

5 Y ahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

6 T here will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.

7 B ehold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside, The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

8 T he highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man.

The highways lie waste, The traveling man ceases. He has broken the covenant, He has despised the cities, He regards no man.

9 T he land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. Impending Judgment on Zion

10 “ Now I will arise,” says Yahweh; “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.

“Now I will rise,” says the Lord; “Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up.

11 Y ou will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

12 T he peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.

And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.

13 H ear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”

Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

14 T he sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: “Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”

15 H e who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:

16 h e will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure. The Land of the Majestic King

17 Y our eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.

Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see the land that is very far off.

18 Y our heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

Your heart will meditate on terror: “Where is the scribe? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”

19 Y ou will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.

You will not see a fierce people, A people of obscure speech, beyond perception, Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand.

20 L ook at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home, A tabernacle that will not be taken down; Not one of its stakes will ever be removed, Nor will any of its cords be broken.

21 B ut there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.

But there the majestic Lord will be for us A place of broad rivers and streams, In which no galley with oars will sail, Nor majestic ships pass by

22 F or Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.

(For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us);

23 Y our rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.

Your tackle is loosed, They could not strengthen their mast, They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of great plunder is divided; The lame take the prey.

24 T he inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.

And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”; The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.