⁴ The earth mourns and fades away,
The world languishes and fades away;
The ^(C)haughty^[a] people of the earth languish.
^5 (D)The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have ^(E)transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the ^(F)everlasting covenant.
⁶ Therefore ^(G)the curse has devoured the earth,
And those who dwell in it are ^[b]desolate.
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are ^(H)burned,
And few men are left.

^7 (I)The new wine fails, the vine languishes,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
⁸ The mirth ^(J)of the tambourine ceases,
The noise of the jubilant ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.
⁹ They shall not drink wine with a song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
¹⁰ The city of confusion is broken down;
Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.
¹¹ There is a cry for wine in the streets,
All joy is darkened,
The mirth of the land is gone.
¹² In the city desolation is left,
And the gate is stricken with destruction.
¹³ When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people,
^(K)It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree,
Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.

¹⁴ They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the Lord
They shall cry aloud from the sea.
¹⁵ Therefore ^(L)glorify the Lord in the dawning light,
^(M)The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.
¹⁶ From the ends of the earth we have heard songs:
“Glory to the righteous!”
But I said, ^[c]“I am ruined, ruined!
Woe to me!
^(N)The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously,
Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”

^17 (O)Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
¹⁸ And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit,
And he who comes up from the midst of the pit
Shall be ^[d]caught in the snare;
For ^(P)the windows from on high are open,
And ^(Q)the foundations of the earth are shaken.

^19 (R)The earth is violently broken,
The earth is split open,
The earth is shaken exceedingly.
²⁰ The earth shall ^(S)reel^[e] to and fro like a drunkard,
And shall totter like a hut;
Its transgression shall be heavy upon it,
And it will fall, and not rise again.

²¹ It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will punish on high the host of exalted ones,
And on the earth ^(T)the kings of the earth.
²² They will be gathered together,
As prisoners are gathered in the ^[f]pit,
And will be shut up in the prison;
After many days they will be punished.
²³ Then the ^(U)moon will be disgraced
And the sun ashamed;
For the Lord of hosts will ^(V)reign
On ^(W)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
And before His elders, gloriously.

⁶ And in ^(AD)this mountain
^(AE)The Lord of hosts will make for ^(AF)all people
A feast of ^[i]choice pieces,
A feast of ^[j]wines on the lees,
Of fat things full of marrow,
Of well-refined wines on the lees.
⁷ And He will destroy on this mountain
The surface of the covering cast over all people,
And ^(AG)the veil that is spread over all nations.
⁸ He will ^(AH)swallow up death forever,
And the Lord God will ^(AI)wipe away tears from all faces;
The rebuke of His people
He will take away from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.

⁹ And it will be said in that day:
“Behold, this is our God;
^(AJ)We have waited for Him, and He will save us.
This is the Lord;
We have waited for Him;
^(AK)We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”

¹⁰ For on this mountain the hand of the Lord will rest,
And ^(AL)Moab shall be trampled down under Him,
As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.
¹¹ And He will spread out His hands in their midst
As a swimmer reaches out to swim,
And He will bring down their ^(AM)pride
Together with the trickery of their hands.
¹² The ^(AN)fortress of the high fort of your walls
He will bring down, lay low,
And bring to the ground, down to the dust.

² When pride comes, then comes ^(B)shame;
But with the humble is wisdom.

³ The integrity of the upright will guide ^(C)them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.
^4 (D)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But ^(E)righteousness delivers from death.
⁵ The righteousness of the blameless will ^[c]direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own ^(F)wickedness.
⁶ The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

⁷ When a wicked man dies, his expectation will ^(G)perish,
And the hope of the unjust perishes.
^8 (H)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
And it comes to the wicked instead.
⁹ The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
^10 (I)When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices;
And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.
¹¹ By the blessing of the upright the city is ^(J)exalted,
But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

¹² He who ^[d]is devoid of wisdom despises his neighbor,
But a man of understanding holds his peace.

^13 (K)A talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is of a faithful spirit ^(L)conceals a matter.

^14 (M)Where there is no counsel, the people fall;
But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

¹⁵ He who is ^(N)surety^[e] for a stranger will suffer,
But one who hates ^[f]being surety is secure.

¹⁶ A gracious woman retains honor,
But ruthless men retain riches.
^17 (O)The merciful man does good for his own soul,
But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
¹⁸ The wicked man does deceptive work,
But ^(P)he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.
¹⁹ As righteousness leads to ^(Q)life,
So he who pursues evil pursues it to his own ^(R)death.
²⁰ Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the Lord,
But the blameless in their ways are His delight.
^21 (S)Though they join ^[g]forces, the wicked will not go unpunished;
But ^(T)the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.

²² As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout,
So is a lovely woman who lacks ^[h]discretion.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked ^(U)is wrath.

²⁴ There is one who ^(V)scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
^25 (W)The generous soul will be made rich,
^(X)And he who waters will also be watered himself.
²⁶ The people will curse ^(Y)him who withholds grain,
But ^(Z)blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

²⁷ He who earnestly seeks good ^[i]finds favor,
^(AA)But trouble will come to him who seeks evil.

^28 (AB)He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But ^(AC)the righteous will flourish like foliage.

²⁹ He who troubles his own house ^(AD)will inherit the wind,
And the fool will be ^(AE)servant to the wise of heart.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And ^(AF)he who ^[j]wins souls is wise.

^31 (AG)If the righteous will be ^[k]recompensed on the earth,
How much more the ungodly and the sinner.