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¹ Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. ² O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou ^[a]our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. ³ At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered. ⁴ And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it. ⁵ Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness. ^6 [b]And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is ^[c]thy treasure.

⁷ Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. ⁸ The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: ^[d]the enemy hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man. ⁹ The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like ^[e]a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. ¹⁰ Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted. ¹¹ Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you. ¹² And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

¹³ Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. ¹⁴ The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings? ¹⁵ He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of ^[f]oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil: ¹⁶ He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

¹⁷ Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold ^[g]a land that reacheth afar. ¹⁸ Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is ^[h]he that counted, where is he that weighed the tribute? where is he that counted the towers? ¹⁹ Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a ^[i]strange tongue that thou canst not understand. ²⁰ Look upon Zion, the city of our ^[j]solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. ²¹ But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, ^[k]a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. ²² For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us. ²³ Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey. ²⁴ And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.