¹⁰ “Now will I arise,^(A)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;^(B)
    now will I be lifted up.
¹¹ You conceive^(C) chaff,
    you give birth^(D) to straw;
    your breath is a fire^(E) that consumes you.
¹² The peoples will be burned to ashes;^(F)
    like cut thornbushes^(G) they will be set ablaze.^(H)”

¹³ You who are far away,^(I) hear^(J) what I have done;
    you who are near, acknowledge my power!
¹⁴ The sinners^(K) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling^(L) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?^(M)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
¹⁵ Those who walk righteously^(N)
    and speak what is right,^(O)
who reject gain from extortion^(P)
    and keep their hands from accepting bribes,^(Q)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
    and shut their eyes^(R) against contemplating evil—
¹⁶ they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,^(S)
    whose refuge^(T) will be the mountain fortress.^(U)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail^(V) them.

¹⁷ Your eyes will see the king^(W) in his beauty^(X)
    and view a land that stretches afar.^(Y)
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:^(Z)
    “Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
    Where is the officer in charge of the towers?^(AA)”
¹⁹ You will see those arrogant people^(AB) no more,
    people whose speech is obscure,
    whose language is strange and incomprehensible.^(AC)

²⁰ Look on Zion,^(AD) the city of our festivals;
    your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a peaceful abode,^(AE) a tent^(AF) that will not be moved;^(AG)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor any of its ropes broken.
²¹ There the Lord will be our Mighty^(AH) One.
    It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.^(AI)
No galley with oars will ride them,
    no mighty ship^(AJ) will sail them.
²² For the Lord is our judge,^(AK)
    the Lord is our lawgiver,^(AL)
the Lord is our king;^(AM)
    it is he who will save^(AN) us.

²³ Your rigging hangs loose:
    The mast is not held secure,
    the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
    and even the lame^(AO) will carry off plunder.^(AP)
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;^(AQ)
    and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.^(AR)

⁵ My sword^(BH) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,^(BI)
    the people I have totally destroyed.^(BJ)
6 The sword^(BK) of the Lord is bathed in blood,
    it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
    fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice^(BL) in Bozrah^(BM)
    and a great slaughter^(BN) in the land of Edom.
⁷ And the wild oxen^(BO) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.^(BP)
Their land will be drenched with blood,^(BQ)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

⁸ For the Lord has a day^(BR) of vengeance,^(BS)
    a year of retribution,^(BT) to uphold Zion’s cause.
⁹ Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;^(BU)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
¹⁰ It will not be quenched^(BV) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.^(BW)
From generation to generation^(BX) it will lie desolate;^(BY)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
¹¹ The desert owl^[b](BZ) and screech owl^[c] will possess it;
    the great owl^[d] and the raven^(CA) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom^(CB)
    the measuring line of chaos^(CC)
    and the plumb line^(CD) of desolation.
¹² Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes^(CE) will vanish^(CF) away.
¹³ Thorns^(CG) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.^(CH)
She will become a haunt for jackals,^(CI)
    a home for owls.^(CJ)
14 Desert creatures^(CK) will meet with hyenas,^(CL)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures^(CM) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.
¹⁵ The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
    she will hatch them, and care for her young
    under the shadow of her wings;^(CN)
there also the falcons^(CO) will gather,
    each with its mate.

None of these will be missing,^(CQ)
    not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth^(CR) that has given the order,^(CS)
    and his Spirit will gather them together.
¹⁷ He allots their portions;^(CT)
    his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
    and dwell there from generation to generation.^(CU)

³ Strengthen the feeble hands,
    steady the knees^(DE) that give way;
⁴ say^(DF) to those with fearful hearts,^(DG)
    “Be strong, do not fear;^(DH)
your God will come,^(DI)
    he will come with vengeance;^(DJ)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save^(DK) you.”

⁵ Then will the eyes of the blind be opened^(DL)
    and the ears of the deaf^(DM) unstopped.
⁶ Then will the lame^(DN) leap like a deer,^(DO)
    and the mute tongue^(DP) shout for joy.^(DQ)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams^(DR) in the desert.
⁷ The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground^(DS) bubbling springs.^(DT)
In the haunts where jackals^(DU) once lay,
    grass and reeds^(DV) and papyrus will grow.

⁸ And a highway^(DW) will be there;
    it will be called the Way of Holiness;^(DX)
    it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean^(DY) will not journey on it;
    wicked fools will not go about on it.
⁹ No lion^(DZ) will be there,
    nor any ravenous beast;^(EA)
    they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed^(EB) will walk there,
¹⁰     and those the Lord has rescued^(EC) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;^(ED)
    everlasting joy^(EE) will crown their heads.
Gladness^(EF) and joy will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(EG)

² Hide me from the conspiracy^(C) of the wicked,^(D)
    from the plots of evildoers.
³ They sharpen their tongues like swords^(E)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.^(F)
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;^(G)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.^(H)

⁵ They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;^(I)
    they say, “Who will see it^[b]?”^(J)
6 They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

⁷ But God will shoot them with his arrows;
    they will suddenly be struck down.
⁸ He will turn their own tongues against them^(K)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads^(L) in scorn.^(M)
9 All people will fear;^(N)
    they will proclaim the works of God
    and ponder what he has done.^(O)

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice in the Lord^(P)
    and take refuge in him;^(Q)
    all the upright in heart will glory in him!^(R)