He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,^(J)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;^(K)
4 but with righteousness^(L) he will judge the needy,^(M)
    with justice^(N) he will give decisions for the poor^(O) of the earth.
He will strike^(P) the earth with the rod of his mouth;^(Q)
    with the breath^(R) of his lips he will slay the wicked.^(S)
5 Righteousness will be his belt^(T)
    and faithfulness^(U) the sash around his waist.^(V)

⁶ The wolf will live with the lamb,^(W)
    the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling^[a] together;
    and a little child will lead them.
⁷ The cow will feed with the bear,
    their young will lie down together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox.^(X)
8 The infant^(Y) will play near the cobra’s den,
    and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s^(Z) nest.
⁹ They will neither harm nor destroy^(AA)
    on all my holy mountain,^(AB)
for the earth^(AC) will be filled with the knowledge^(AD) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.

¹² He will raise a banner^(AU) for the nations
    and gather^(AV) the exiles of Israel;^(AW)
he will assemble the scattered people^(AX) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.^(AY)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies^[d] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.^(AZ)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia^(BA) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.^(BB)
They will subdue Edom^(BC) and Moab,^(BD)
    and the Ammonites^(BE) will be subject to them.^(BF)
15 The Lord will dry up^(BG)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind^(BH) he will sweep his hand^(BI)
    over the Euphrates River.^(BJ)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.^(BK)
16 There will be a highway^(BL) for the remnant^(BM) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,^(BN)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.^(BO)

“I will praise^(BQ) you, Lord.
    Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away^(BR)
    and you have comforted^(BS) me.
² Surely God is my salvation;^(BT)
    I will trust^(BU) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,^(BV) is my strength^(BW) and my defense^[e];
    he has become my salvation.^(BX)”
³ With joy you will draw water^(BY)
    from the wells^(BZ) of salvation.

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;^(CB)
    make known among the nations^(CC) what he has done,
    and proclaim that his name is exalted.^(CD)
5 Sing^(CE) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;^(CF)
    let this be known to all the world.
⁶ Shout aloud and sing for joy,^(CG) people of Zion,
    for great^(CH) is the Holy One of Israel^(CI) among you.^(CJ)”

¹⁰ he does not treat us as our sins deserve^(A)
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love^(B) for those who fear him;^(C)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions^(D) from us.

¹³ As a father has compassion^(E) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,^(F)
    he remembers that we are dust.^(G)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,^(H)
    they flourish like a flower^(I) of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows^(J) over it and it is gone,
    and its place^(K) remembers it no more.

²⁴ The proud and arrogant person^(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
    behaves with insolent fury.

²⁵ The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,^(B)
    because his hands refuse to work.