² Lord, I have heard^(B) of your fame;
    I stand in awe^(C) of your deeds, Lord.^(D)
Repeat^(E) them in our day,
    in our time make them known;
    in wrath remember mercy.^(F)

³ God came from Teman,^(G)
    the Holy One^(H) from Mount Paran.^[b](I)
His glory covered the heavens^(J)
    and his praise filled the earth.^(K)
4 His splendor was like the sunrise;^(L)
    rays flashed from his hand,
    where his power^(M) was hidden.
⁵ Plague^(N) went before him;
    pestilence followed his steps.
⁶ He stood, and shook the earth;
    he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled^(O)
    and the age-old hills^(P) collapsed^(Q)—
    but he marches on forever.^(R)
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
    the dwellings of Midian^(S) in anguish.^(T)

⁸ Were you angry with the rivers,^(U) Lord?
    Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea^(V)
    when you rode your horses
    and your chariots to victory?^(W)
9 You uncovered your bow,
    you called for many arrows.^(X)
You split the earth with rivers;
¹⁰     the mountains saw you and writhed.^(Y)
Torrents of water swept by;
    the deep roared^(Z)
    and lifted its waves^(AA) on high.

¹¹ Sun and moon stood still^(AB) in the heavens
    at the glint of your flying arrows,^(AC)
    at the lightning^(AD) of your flashing spear.
¹² In wrath you strode through the earth
    and in anger you threshed^(AE) the nations.
¹³ You came out^(AF) to deliver^(AG) your people,
    to save your anointed^(AH) one.
You crushed^(AI) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.
¹⁴ With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,^(AJ)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched^(AK) who were in hiding.
¹⁵ You trampled the sea^(AL) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.^(AM)

¹⁶ I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.^(AN)
Yet I will wait patiently^(AO) for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.
¹⁷ Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,^(AP)
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,^(AQ)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,^(AR)
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.^(AS)

¹⁹ The Sovereign Lord is my strength;^(AT)
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.^(AU)

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

“When I destroy all mankind
    on the face of the earth,”^(BA)
declares the Lord,^(BB)
4 “I will stretch out my hand^(BC) against Judah
    and against all who live in Jerusalem.
I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place,^(BD)
    the very names of the idolatrous priests^(BE)—
⁵ those who bow down on the roofs
    to worship the starry host,^(BF)
those who bow down and swear by the Lord
    and who also swear by Molek,^[d](BG)
6 those who turn back from following^(BH) the Lord
    and neither seek^(BI) the Lord nor inquire^(BJ) of him.”

⁷ Be silent^(BK) before the Sovereign Lord,
    for the day of the Lord^(BL) is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;^(BM)
    he has consecrated those he has invited.

⁸ “On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
    I will punish^(BN) the officials
    and the king’s sons^(BO)
and all those clad
    in foreign clothes.
⁹ On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,^[e](BP)
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.^(BQ)

¹⁰ “On that day,^(BR)”
    declares the Lord,
“a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,^(BS)
    wailing^(BT) from the New Quarter,
    and a loud crash from the hills.
¹¹ Wail,^(BU) you who live in the market district^[f];
    all your merchants will be wiped out,
    all who trade with^[g] silver will be destroyed.^(BV)
12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
    and punish those who are complacent,^(BW)
    who are like wine left on its dregs,^(BX)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,^(BY)
    either good or bad.’^(BZ)
13 Their wealth will be plundered,^(CA)
    their houses demolished.
Though they build houses,
    they will not live in them;
though they plant vineyards,
    they will not drink the wine.”^(CB)

¹⁴ The great day of the Lord^(CC) is near^(CD)—
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
¹⁵ That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness^(CE) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness^(CF)—
¹⁶     a day of trumpet and battle cry^(CG)
against the fortified cities
    and against the corner towers.^(CH)

¹⁷ “I will bring such distress^(CI) on all people
    that they will grope about like those who are blind,^(CJ)
    because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out^(CK) like dust
    and their entrails like dung.^(CL)
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
    will be able to save them
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”^(CM)

In the fire of his jealousy^(CN)
    the whole earth will be consumed,^(CO)
for he will make a sudden end
    of all who live on the earth.^(CP)

¹⁰ This is what they will get in return for their pride,^(DS)
    for insulting^(DT) and mocking
    the people of the Lord Almighty.^(DU)
11 The Lord will be awesome^(DV) to them
    when he destroys all the gods^(DW) of the earth.^(DX)
Distant nations will bow down to him,^(DY)
    all of them in their own lands.