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O Lord, Be Gracious to Us
Ah, you destroyer,
who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor,
whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy,
you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying,
they will betray you.
Ah, you destroyer,
who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor,
whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy,
you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying,
they will betray 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.
O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.
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 tumultuous noise peoples flee;
when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
when you lift yourself up, nations are 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 spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.
as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.
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 will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
he will fill 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.
Behold, their heroes cry in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
The land mourns and languishes;
Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
Sharon is like a desert,
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
Sharon is like a desert,
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
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.
“Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
“now I will lift myself up;
now I will be exalted.
“now I will lift myself up;
now I will be exalted.
“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 conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble;
your breath is a fire that will consume you.
your breath is a fire that will consume 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 peoples will be as if burned to lime,
like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.”
like thorns cut down, that are 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 far 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;
trembling has seized the godless:
“Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire?
Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”
trembling has seized the godless:
“Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire?
Who among us can 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,
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 on evil,
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 on 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 —
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.
his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
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.
Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;
they will see a land that stretches afar.
they will see a land that stretches afar.
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 muse on the terror:
“Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute?
Where is he who counted the towers?”
“Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute?
Where is he who counted 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 no more the insolent people,
the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
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.
Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!
Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent,
whose stakes will never be plucked up,
nor will any of its cords be broken.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent,
whose stakes will never be plucked up,
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.
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 majestic ship can pass.
a place of broad rivers and streams,
where no galley with oars can go,
nor majestic ship can pass.
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 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 cords hang loose;
they 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.
they 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.
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.