MLV(i)
1 Woe to you who destroys and you were not destroyed and deal treacherously and they did not deal treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.
2 O Jehovah, be gracious to us, we have waited for you. Be our arm every morning, also our salvation in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples have fled. At the lifting up of yourself the nations are scattered. 4 And your* spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. As locusts leap, men will leap upon it.
5 Jehovah is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. 6 And there will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. The fear of Jehovah is your treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry outside. The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. 8 The highways lie waste. The wayfaring man ceases. The enemy has broken the covenant. He has despised the cities. He does not regard 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 Jehovah. Now I will lift up myself. Now I will be exalted. 11 You* will conceive chaff. You* will bring forth stubble. Your* breath is a fire that will devour you*. 12 And the peoples will be as the burnings of lime, as 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 profane. Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He who walks righteously and speaks in uprightness. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes away his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.
16 He will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the munitions of rocks. His bread will be given. His waters will be sure. 17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will behold a land that reaches afar. 18 Your heart will meditate 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 not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you cannot comprehend, of a strange tongue that you cannot understand.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities. Your eyes will see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed. The stakes of which will never be plucked up, nor will any of the cords of it be broken. 21 But Jehovah will be with us there in majesty. A place of broad rivers and streams, in which will go no galley with oars, nor will a gallant ship pass by it.
22 For Jehovah is our judge. Jehovah is our lawgiver. Jehovah is our king, he will save us. 23 Your tackles are loosed. They could not strengthen the foot of their mast. They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey. 24 And the inhabitant will not say, I am sick. The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.
2 O Jehovah, be gracious to us, we have waited for you. Be our arm every morning, also our salvation in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the peoples have fled. At the lifting up of yourself the nations are scattered. 4 And your* spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. As locusts leap, men will leap upon it.
5 Jehovah is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. 6 And there will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. The fear of Jehovah is your treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry outside. The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. 8 The highways lie waste. The wayfaring man ceases. The enemy has broken the covenant. He has despised the cities. He does not regard 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 Jehovah. Now I will lift up myself. Now I will be exalted. 11 You* will conceive chaff. You* will bring forth stubble. Your* breath is a fire that will devour you*. 12 And the peoples will be as the burnings of lime, as 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 profane. Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He who walks righteously and speaks in uprightness. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes away his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.
16 He will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the munitions of rocks. His bread will be given. His waters will be sure. 17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will behold a land that reaches afar. 18 Your heart will meditate 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 not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you cannot comprehend, of a strange tongue that you cannot understand.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities. Your eyes will see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed. The stakes of which will never be plucked up, nor will any of the cords of it be broken. 21 But Jehovah will be with us there in majesty. A place of broad rivers and streams, in which will go no galley with oars, nor will a gallant ship pass by it.
22 For Jehovah is our judge. Jehovah is our lawgiver. Jehovah is our king, he will save us. 23 Your tackles are loosed. They could not strengthen the foot of their mast. They could not spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey. 24 And the inhabitant will not say, I am sick. The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.