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¹ Woe 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.² O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for thee. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.³ At the thunderous noise peoples flee, at the lifting up of thyself nations are scattered;⁴ and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, men leap upon it.⁵ The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness;⁶ and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is his treasure.⁷ Behold, the valiant ones cry without; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.⁸ The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases. Covenants are broken, witnesses are despised, there is no regard for man.⁹ The 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.¹¹ You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.¹² And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire."

¹³ Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might.¹⁴ The 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?"¹⁵ He 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,¹⁶ he 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.¹⁷ Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches afar.¹⁸ Your 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?"¹⁹ You 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.²⁰ Look 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.²¹ But 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.²² For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our ruler, the LORD is our king; he will save us.²³ Your 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.²⁴ And no inhabitant will say, "I am sick"; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.