2 I will stand at my watch^(A)
    and station myself on the ramparts;^(B)
I will look to see what he will say^(C) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.^[a](D)

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)

¹⁶ I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.^(A)
Yet I will wait patiently^(B) 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,^(C)
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,^(D)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,^(E)
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.^(F)

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

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.