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33 Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed,
    and who betray, but nobody betrayed you!
When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed;
    and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.

Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you.
    Be our strength every morning,
    our salvation also in the time of trouble.
At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled.
    When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.
Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers.
    Men will leap on it as locusts leap.

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A Prophecy of Deliverance from Foes

33 Woe to the destroyer,
    who yourself have not been destroyed;
you treacherous one,
    with whom no one has dealt treacherously!
When you have ceased to destroy,
    you will be destroyed;
and when you have stopped dealing treacherously,
    you will be dealt with treacherously.(A)

O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
    Be our arm every morning,
    our salvation in the time of trouble.(B)
At the sound of tumult, peoples fled;
    before your majesty, nations scattered.(C)
Spoil was gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
    as locusts leap, they leaped[a] upon it.

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Footnotes

  1. 33.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain