² O Lord, be gracious to us; ^(B)we wait for you.
    Be our arm every morning,
    our salvation in the time of trouble.
^3 (C)At the tumultuous noise peoples flee;
    when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
⁴ and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
    ^(D)as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.

^5 (E)The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
    he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
^6 (F)and he will be the stability of your times,
    abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;
    the fear of the Lord is Zion's^[a] treasure.

⁷ Behold, their heroes cry in the streets;
    ^(G)the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
^8 (H)The highways lie waste;
    the traveler ceases.
^(I)Covenants are broken;
    cities^[b] are despised;
    there is no regard for man.
^9 (J)The land mourns and languishes;
    Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
Sharon is like a desert,
    and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

^10 (K)“Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
    “now I will lift myself up;
    now I will be exalted.
^11 (L)You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble;
    your breath is ^(M)a fire that will consume you.
¹² And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,
    ^(N)like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.”

¹³ Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;
    and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
¹⁴ The sinners in Zion are afraid;
    trembling has seized the godless:
^(O)“Who among us can dwell ^(P)with the consuming fire?
    Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”
^15 (Q)He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
    who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
    who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
    ^(R)and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
¹⁶ he will dwell on the heights;
    his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
    ^(S)his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.

^17 (T)Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;
    ^(U)they will see a land that stretches afar.
^18 (V)Your heart will muse on the terror:
    “Where is he who counted, where is ^(W)he who weighed the tribute?
    Where is ^(X)he who counted the towers?”
^19 (Y)You will see no more the insolent people,
    the people ^(Z)of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
    stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
²⁰ Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!
    ^(AA)Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    an untroubled habitation, an ^(AB)immovable tent,
whose stakes will never be plucked up,
    nor will any of its cords be broken.
²¹ But there the Lord in majesty will be for us
    a place of ^(AC)broad rivers and streams,
^(AD)where no galley with oars can go,
    nor majestic ship can pass.
²² For the Lord is our ^(AE)judge; the Lord is our ^(AF)lawgiver;
    the Lord is our ^(AG)king; he will save us.

²³ Your cords hang loose;
    they cannot hold the mast firm in its place
    or keep the sail spread out.
^(AH)Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided;
    even ^(AI)the lame will take the prey.
²⁴ And no inhabitant will say, ^(AJ)“I am sick”;
    ^(AK)the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.