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| [1]Woe to them that afflict you; but no one makes you miserable: and he that deals perfidiously with you does not deal perfidiously: they that deal perfidiously shall be taken and given up, and as a moth on a garment, so shall they be spoiled. |
[1]Woe to thee that spoilest, and wast not spoiled: and doest wickedly, and they did not wickedly against thee: when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled: when thou shalt make an end of doing wickedly, they shall do wickedly against thee. |
| [2]Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in thee: the seed of the rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of affliction. |
[2]O Lord, have mercy upon us, we have waited for thee: be thou, which wast their arm in the morning, our help also in time of trouble. |
| [3]By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of thee, and the heathen were scattered. |
[3]At the noise of the tumult, the people fled: at thine exalting the nations were scattered. |
| [4]And now shall the spoils of your small and great be gathered: as if one should gather locusts, so shall they mock you. |
[4]And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of caterpillars: and he shall go against him like the leaping of grasshoppers. |
| [5]The God who dwells on high is holy: Sion is filled with judgment and righteousness. |
[5]The Lord is exalted: for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and justice. |
| [6]They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness. |
[6]And there shall be stability of thy times, strength, salvation, wisdom and knowledge: for the fear of the Lord shall be his treasure. |
| [7]Behold now, these shall be terrified with fear of you: those whom ye feared shall cry out because of you: messengers shall be sent, bitterly weeping, entreating for peace. |
[7]Behold, their messengers shall cry without, and the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. |
| [8]For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and ye shall by no means deem them men. |
[8]The paths are waste: the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant: he hath contemned the cities: he regarded no man. |
| [9]The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee shall be laid bare, and Chermel. |
[9]The earth mourneth and fainteth: Lebanon is ashamed, and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan is shaken and Carmel. |
| [10]Now will I arise, saith the Lord, now will I be glorified; now will I be exalted. |
[10]Now will I arise, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself. |
| [11]Now shall ye see, now shall ye perceive; the strength of your breath, shall be vain; fire shall devour you. |
[11]Ye shall conceive chaff, and bring forth stubble: the fire of your breath shall devour you. |
| [12]And the nations shall be burnt up; as a thorn in the field cast out and burnt up. |
[12]And the people shall be as the burning of lime: and as the thorns cut up, shall they be burned in the fire. |
| [13]They that are afar off shall hear what I have done; they that draw nigh shall know my strength. |
[13]Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done, and ye that are near, know my power. |
| [14]The sinners in Sion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal place? |
[14]The sinners in Zion are afraid: a fear is come upon the hypocrites: who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with the everlasting burnings? |
| [15]He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice. |
[15]He that walketh in justice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gain of oppression, shaking his hands from taking of gifts, stopping his ears from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing evil. |
| [16]he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure. |
[16]He shall dwell on high: his defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him, and his waters shall be sure. |
| [17]Ye shall see a king with glory: your eyes shall behold a land from afar. |
[17]Thine eyes shall see the king in his glory: they shall behold the land far off. |
| [18]Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counsellors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up, |
[18]Thine heart shall meditate fear, Where is the scribe? Where is the receiver? Where is he that counted the towers? |
| [19]even the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand a people of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears. |
[19]Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a dark speech, that thou canst not perceive, and of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand. |
| [20]Behold the city of Sion, our refuge: thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken: |
[20]Look upon Zion the city of our solemn feasts: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: and the stakes thereof can never be taken away, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. |
| [21]for the name of the Lord is great to you: ye shall have a place, even rivers and wide and spacious channels: thou shalt not go this way, neither a vessel with oars go thereby. |
[21]For surely there the mighty Lord will be unto us, as a place of floods and broad rivers, whereby shall pass no ship with oars, neither shall great ship pass thereby. |
| [22]For my God is great: the Lord our judge shall not pass me by: the Lord is our prince, the Lord is our king; the Lord, he shall save us. |
[22]For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver: the Lord is our king, he will save us. |
| [23]Thy cords are broken, for they had no strength: thy meat has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil. |
[23]Thy cords are loosed: they could not well strengthen their mast, neither could they spread the sail: then shall the prey be divided for a great spoil: yea, the lame shall take away the prey. |
| [24]And the people dwelling among them shall by no means say, I am in pain: for their sin shall be forgiven them. |
[24]And none inhabitant shall say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein, shall have their iniquity forgiven. |