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A Prayer in Deep Distress
Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
When you cease plundering,
You will be plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.
Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
When you cease plundering,
You will be plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.
Distress and Help
Woe to you, destroyer,
you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
you will be destroyed;
when you stop betraying,
you will be betrayed.
Woe to you, destroyer,
you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
you will be destroyed;
when you stop betraying,
you will be betrayed.
Lord, be gracious to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.
we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.
At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee;
When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;
When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;
At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee;
when you rise up, the nations scatter.
when you rise up, the nations scatter.
And Your plunder shall be gathered
Like the gathering of the caterpillar;
As the running to and fro of locusts,
He shall run upon them.
Like the gathering of the caterpillar;
As the running to and fro of locusts,
He shall run upon them.
Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;
like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.
he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.
Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,
And the strength of salvation;
The fear of the Lord is His treasure.
And the strength of salvation;
The fear of the Lord is His treasure.
Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,
The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
The earth mourns and languishes,
Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;
Sharon is like a wilderness,
And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;
Sharon is like a wilderness,
And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
The land dries up and wastes away,
Lebanon is ashamed and withers;
Sharon is like the Arabah,
and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
Lebanon is ashamed and withers;
Sharon is like the Arabah,
and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
Impending Judgment on Zion
“Now I will rise,” says the Lord;
“Now I will be exalted,
Now I will lift Myself up.
“Now I will rise,” says the Lord;
“Now I will be exalted,
Now I will lift Myself up.
“Now will I arise,” says the Lord.
“Now will I be exalted;
now will I be lifted up.
“Now will I be exalted;
now will I be lifted up.
You shall conceive chaff,
You shall bring forth stubble;
Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
You shall bring forth stubble;
Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
You conceive chaff,
you give birth to straw;
your breath is a fire that consumes you.
you give birth to straw;
your breath is a fire that consumes you.
And the people shall be like the burnings of lime;
Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.
Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.
The peoples will be burned to ashes;
like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done;
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
You who are far away, hear what I have done;
you who are near, acknowledge my power!
you who are near, acknowledge my power!
The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
The sinners in Zion are terrified;
trembling grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?
Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
trembling grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?
Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
Those who walk righteously
and speak what is right,
who reject gain from extortion
and keep their hands from accepting bribes,
who stop their ears against plots of murder
and shut their eyes against contemplating evil —
and speak what is right,
who reject gain from extortion
and keep their hands from accepting bribes,
who stop their ears against plots of murder
and shut their eyes against contemplating evil —
they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,
whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.
Their bread will be supplied,
and water will not fail them.
whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.
Their bread will be supplied,
and water will not fail them.
The Land of the Majestic King
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;
They will see the land that is very far off.
Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;
They will see the land that is very far off.
Your eyes will see the king in his beauty
and view a land that stretches afar.
and view a land that stretches afar.
Your heart will meditate on terror:
“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:
“Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
“Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
You will see those arrogant people no more,
people whose speech is obscure,
whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
people whose speech is obscure,
whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.
Look on Zion, the city of our festivals;
your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;
its stakes will never be pulled up,
nor any of its ropes broken.
your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;
its stakes will never be pulled up,
nor any of its ropes broken.
There the Lord will be our Mighty One.
It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.
No galley with oars will ride them,
no mighty ship will sail them.
It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.
No galley with oars will ride them,
no mighty ship will sail them.
(For the Lord is our Judge,
The Lord is our Lawgiver,
The Lord is our King;
He will save us);
The Lord is our Lawgiver,
The Lord is our King;
He will save us);
For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us.
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us.
Your tackle is loosed,
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.
Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.
Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.
Your rigging hangs loose:
The mast is not held secure,
the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
and even the lame will carry off plunder.
The mast is not held secure,
the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
and even the lame will carry off plunder.