Woe to thee that
spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest
treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously
with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou
shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end
to deal treacherously, they shall deal
treacherously with thee.
02 O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited
for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our
salvation also in the time of trouble.
03 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at
the lifting up of thyself the nations were
scattered.
04 And your spoil shall be gathered like the
gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to
and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
05 The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high:
he hath filled Zion with judgment and
righteousness.
06 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the
stability of thy times, and strength of
salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
07 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without:
the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
08 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man
ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath
despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
09 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is
ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a
wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their
fruits.
10 Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be
exalted; now will I lift up myself.
11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth
stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be as the burnings of
lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in
the fire.
13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done;
and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
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14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness
hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall
dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall
dwell with everlasting burnings?
15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh
uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of
oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding
of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of
blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence
shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be
given him; his waters shall be sure.
17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty:
they shall behold the land that is very far off.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is
the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he
that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people
of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a
stammering tongue, that thou canst not
understand.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities:
thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet
habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken
down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be
removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof
be broken.
21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a
place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall
go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant
ship pass thereby.
22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our
lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well
strengthen their mast, they could not spread the
sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided;
the lame take the prey.
24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick:
the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven
their iniquity.
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