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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.
But LORD, be merciful to us,
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.
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.
The enemy runs at the sound of your voice.
When you stand up, the nations flee!
When you stand up, the nations flee!
At the tumultuous noise peoples flee;
when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
Just as caterpillars and locusts strip the fields and vines,
so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped!
so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped!
and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.
as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.
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,
In that day he will be your sure foundation,
providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the LORD will be your treasure.
providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the LORD will be your treasure.
But now your brave warriors weep in public.
Your ambassadors of peace cry in bitter disappointment.
Your ambassadors of peace cry in bitter disappointment.
Behold, their heroes cry in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
The land of Israel wilts in mourning.
Lebanon withers with shame.
The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness.
Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.
Lebanon withers with shame.
The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness.
Bashan and Carmel have been plundered.
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.
But the LORD says: “Now I will stand up.
Now I will show my power and might.
Now I will show my power and might.
“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.
You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble.
Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
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.
Your people will be burned up completely,
like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.
like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.
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.”
Listen to what I have done, you nations far away!
And you that are near, acknowledge my might!”
And you that are near, acknowledge my might!”
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.
The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear.
Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
“Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
“Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
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?”
Those who are honest and fair,
who refuse to profit by fraud,
who stay far away from bribes,
who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,
who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong —
who refuse to profit by fraud,
who stay far away from bribes,
who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,
who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong —
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,
these are the ones who will dwell on high.
The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress.
Food will be supplied to them,
and they will have water in abundance.
The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress.
Food will be supplied to them,
and they will have water in abundance.
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.
Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor,
and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.
and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.
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.
You will think back to this time of terror, asking,
“Where are the Assyrian officers
who counted our towers?
Where are the bookkeepers
who recorded the plunder taken from our fallen city?”
“Where are the Assyrian officers
who counted our towers?
Where are the bookkeepers
who recorded the plunder taken from our fallen city?”
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?”
You will no longer see these fierce, violent people
with their strange, unknown language.
with their strange, unknown language.
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.
Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.
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.
The LORD will be our Mighty One.
He will be like a wide river of protection
that no enemy can cross,
that no enemy ship can sail upon.
He will be like a wide river of protection
that no enemy can cross,
that no enemy ship can sail upon.
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.
For the LORD is our judge,
our lawgiver, and our king.
He will care for us and save us.
our lawgiver, and our king.
He will care for us and save us.
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.
The enemies’ sails hang loose
on broken masts with useless tackle.
Their treasure will be divided by the people of God.
Even the lame will take their share!
on broken masts with useless tackle.
Their treasure will be divided by the people of God.
Even the lame will take their share!
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.