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The Lord is Exalted
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.
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.
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 unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also 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 noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were 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 shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment 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.
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his 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 valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
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 earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
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 will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
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.
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour 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 people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be 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, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that 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; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall 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 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;
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 shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall 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.
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
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?”
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
You will no longer see these fierce, violent people
with their strange, unknown language.
with their strange, unknown language.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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!
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.