The LORD Is Exalted 1 UEB Woe to you, destroyer who has not been destroyed! Woe to the betrayer whom they have not betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, they will betray you. BSB BSB: Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
2 UEB Yahweh, be gracious to us; we wait for you; be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. BSB BSB: O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
3 UEB At the loud noise the peoples flee; when you arise, the nations are scattered. BSB BSB: The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
4 UEB Your spoil is gathered as the locusts gather; as locusts leap, men leap on it. BSB BSB: Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
5 UEB Yahweh is exalted. He lives in a high place. He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness. BSB BSB: The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 UEB He will be the stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of Yahweh is his treasure. BSB BSB: He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
7 UEB Look, their envoys cry in the streets; the diplomats hoping for peace weep bitterly. BSB BSB: Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 UEB The highways are deserted; there are no more travelers. Covenants are broken, witnesses are despised, and mankind is not respected. BSB BSB: The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
9 UEB The land mourns and withers away; Lebanon is ashamed and withers away; Sharon is like a desert plain; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. BSB BSB: The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10 UEB "Now will I arise," says Yahweh; "now I will be lifted up; now I will be elevated. BSB BSB: “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
11 UEB You conceive chaff, and you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you. BSB BSB: You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12 UEB The peoples will be burned to lime, as thornbushes are cut down and are burned. BSB BSB: The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
13 UEB You who are far away, hear what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might." BSB BSB: You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14 UEB The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can sojourn with a raging fire? Who among us can sojourn with everlasting burnings? BSB BSB: The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
15 UEB He who walks righteously and speaks honestly; who despises the gain of oppression, who shakes his hand so that it will not accept a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed, and who shuts his eyes from looking on evil— BSB BSB: He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
16 UEB this is the man who will dwell on the heights, his place of defense will be the fortress among the cliffs, his food will be given, and his water will be in steady supply. BSB BSB: he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
17 UEB Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will see a land off in the distance. BSB BSB: Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
18 UEB Your heart will recall the terror; where is the scribe, where is he who weighed the money? Where is he who counted the towers? BSB BSB: Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
19 UEB You will no longer see the defiant people, a people of a strange language that you do not understand. BSB BSB: You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
20 UEB Look at Zion, the city of our feasts; your eyes will see Jerusalem as a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed, whose stakes will never be pulled up nor will any of its cords be broken. BSB BSB: Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
21 UEB Instead, Yahweh in majesty will be with us, in a place of broad rivers and streams. No warship with oars will travel it, and no large ships will sail by. BSB BSB: But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
22 UEB For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh is our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king; he will save us. BSB BSB: For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
23 UEB Your riggings are slack; they cannot hold the mast in place; they cannot spread the sail; when the great spoil is divided, even the lame will drag off the spoil. BSB BSB: Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
24 UEB The inhabitants will not say, "I am sick;" the people who live there will be forgiven for their iniquity. BSB BSB: And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
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