² “Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for ^(C)the Lord God^[b] is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.”

^(F)“Give thanks to the Lord,
    call upon his name,
^(G)make known his deeds among the peoples,
    proclaim ^(H)that his name is exalted.

^5 (I)“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
    let this be made known^[d] in all the earth.
⁶ Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
    for great ^(J)in your^[e] midst is ^(K)the Holy One of Israel.”

² On a bare hill ^(N)raise a signal;
    cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for ^(O)them to enter
    the gates of the nobles.
³ I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
    and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
    my proudly exulting ones.^[f]

⁴ The sound ^(P)of a tumult is on the mountains
    as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
    of nations gathering together!
^(Q)The Lord of hosts is mustering
    a host for battle.
^5 (R)They come from a distant land,
    from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
    to destroy the whole land.^[g]

^6 (S)Wail, for ^(T)the day of the Lord is near;
    as destruction from the Almighty^[h] it will come!
⁷ Therefore all hands will be feeble,
    and every human heart ^(U)will melt.
⁸ They will be dismayed:
    ^(V)pangs and agony will seize them;
    ^(W)they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
    their faces will be aflame.

⁹ Behold, ^(X)the day of the Lord comes,
    cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the land a desolation
    and ^(Y)to destroy its sinners from it.
^10 (Z)For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
    will not give their light;
^(AA)the sun will be dark at its rising,
    and the moon will not shed its light.
¹¹ I will punish ^(AB)the world for its evil,
    and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will ^(AC)put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
    ^(AD)and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
¹² I will make ^(AE)people more rare than fine gold,
    and mankind than the ^(AF)gold of Ophir.
¹³ Therefore ^(AG)I will make the heavens tremble,
    and the earth will be shaken out of its place,
at the wrath of the Lord of hosts
    in the day of his fierce anger.
¹⁴ And like a hunted gazelle,
    or like sheep with none to gather them,
^(AH)each will turn to his own people,
    and each will flee to his own land.
¹⁵ Whoever is found will be thrust through,
    and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
^16 (AI)Their infants will be dashed in pieces
    before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered
    and their wives ravished.

³⁹ When they are diminished and brought low
    through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
^40 (A)he pours contempt on princes
    and ^(B)makes them wander ^(C)in trackless wastes;
⁴¹ but ^(D)he raises up the needy out of affliction
    and ^(E)makes their families like flocks.
^42 (F)The upright see it and are glad,
    and ^(G)all wickedness shuts its mouth.

^43 (H)Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
    let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

^(H)“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
    break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
    than those of the one who has a husband.”