1 W o, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

Woe to you, O destroyer, While you were not destroyed; And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him. As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed; As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.

2 O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

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

3 F rom the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.

At the sound of the tumult peoples flee; At the lifting up of Yourself nations disperse.

4 A nd gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.

Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.

5 S et on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion judgment and righteousness,

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

6 A nd hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah -- it His treasure.

And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge; The fear of the Lord is his treasure.

7 L o, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.

Behold, their brave men cry in the streets, The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

8 D esolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.

The highways are desolate, the traveler has ceased, He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, He has no regard for man.

9 M ourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

The land mourns and pines away, Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a desert plain, And Bashan and Carmel lose their foliage.

10 N ow, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.

“Now I will arise,” says the Lord, “Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.

11 Y e conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! -- fire devoureth you.

“You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire.

12 A nd peoples have been burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.

“The peoples will be burned to lime, Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.

13 H ear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.

“You who are far away, hear what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

14 A fraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?

Sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. “Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning?”

15 W hoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, He who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;

16 H e high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the impregnable rock; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

17 A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.

Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will behold a far-distant land.

18 T hy heart doth meditate terror, Where he who is counting? Where he who is weighing? Where he who is counting the towers?

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

19 T he strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.

You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.

20 S ee Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation, A tent which will not be folded; Its stakes will never be pulled up, Nor any of its cords be torn apart.

21 B ut there mighty Jehovah for us, A place of rivers -- streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.

But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us A place of rivers and wide canals On which no boat with oars will go, And on which no mighty ship will pass—

22 F or Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king -- He doth save us.

For the Lord is our judge, The Lord is our lawgiver, The Lord is our king; He will save us—

23 L eft have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.

Your tackle hangs slack; It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly, Nor spread out the sail. Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided; The lame will take the plunder.

24 N or doth an inhabitant say, `I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!

And no resident will say, “I am sick”; The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.