1 GLT Woe, destroyer, and you have not been destroyed! And betrayer, and they have not betrayed him! When you finish 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 GLT Yahweh, be gracious to us; for you we wait. Be their arm in the mornings, our salvation also 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 GLT At the sound of the throng, 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 GLT And your spoil is gathered{ as} the locust gathers; as locusts leap, he leaps on it. BSB BSB: Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
5 GLT Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. 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 GLT And he will be the stability of your times, an 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 GLT Behold, their warriors cry outside; the messengers of peace weep bitterly. BSB BSB: Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 GLT The highways are deserted; travelers of the road are gone. He has broken covenants, despised the witnesses; he has not regarded man. BSB BSB: The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
9 GLT The land mourns, is barren; Lebanon is ashamed, withered; Sharon{ is} like the Arabah; 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 GLT “Now I shall 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 GLT You will conceive chaff, give birth to stubble your breath{ is} a fire; it will consume you. BSB BSB: You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12 GLT And the peoples will be burned{ to} lime— thorns cut- down, burned in fire.” BSB BSB: The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
13 GLT Listen, far away ones, to what I have done, and near ones, acknowledge my might. BSB BSB: You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14 GLT The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless.“Who among us can dwell{ with} a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell{ with} burnings of eternity?” 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 GLT He who walks righteously and speaks honestly; who despises the gain of oppression, who shakes his hand{ away} from accepting 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 GLT { it is} he who will dwell on the heights; a fort of cliffs{ is} his refuge. His bread will be given; his water, secure. 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 GLT Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will see a faraway land. BSB BSB: Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
18 GLT Your heart will recall the terror:“Where{ is} he who counts? Where is he who weighs? 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 GLT You will not see the defiant people, a people of a too strange language to understand; the tongue is stammering; there is no interpreting. BSB BSB: You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
20 GLT Look at Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation, a tent not removed, whose stakes will not ever be pulled up, and all its cords will not 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 GLT Instead, there the Mighty One, Yahweh{ will be} with us, a place of broad rivers, wide streams. No warship{ with} oars will travel it, and no mighty ships will pass by it. 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 GLT For Yahweh{ is} our judge, Yahweh{ is} our lawgiver, Yahweh{ is} our king;{ it is} he who 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 GLT Your riggings{ are} slack; they cannot hold the pole of its mast; they cannot spread the sail. Then the great spoil is divided; even the lame will plunder 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 GLT And the inhabitants will not say,“I am sick”; the people who live in it will be lifted of iniquity. BSB BSB: And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.