⁸ Come and see what the Lord has done,^(A)
    the desolations^(B) he has brought on the earth.

⁵ Come and see what God has done,
    his awesome deeds^(A) for mankind!

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(A)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.

⁵ My sword^(L) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,^(M)
    the people I have totally destroyed.^(N)
6 The sword^(O) of the Lord is bathed in blood,
    it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
    fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice^(P) in Bozrah^(Q)
    and a great slaughter^(R) in the land of Edom.
⁷ And the wild oxen^(S) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.^(T)
Their land will be drenched with blood,^(U)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

⁸ For the Lord has a day^(V) of vengeance,^(W)
    a year of retribution,^(X) to uphold Zion’s cause.
⁹ Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;^(Y)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
¹⁰ It will not be quenched^(Z) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.^(AA)
From generation to generation^(AB) it will lie desolate;^(AC)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
¹¹ The desert owl^[b](AD) and screech owl^[c] will possess it;
    the great owl^[d] and the raven^(AE) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom^(AF)
    the measuring line of chaos^(AG)
    and the plumb line^(AH) of desolation.
¹² Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes^(AI) will vanish^(AJ) away.
¹³ Thorns^(AK) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.^(AL)
She will become a haunt for jackals,^(AM)
    a home for owls.^(AN)
14 Desert creatures^(AO) will meet with hyenas,^(AP)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures^(AQ) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.
¹⁵ The owl will nest there and lay eggs,
    she will hatch them, and care for her young
    under the shadow of her wings;^(AR)
there also the falcons^(AS) will gather,
    each with its mate.

None of these will be missing,^(AU)
    not one will lack her mate.
For it is his mouth^(AV) that has given the order,^(AW)
    and his Spirit will gather them together.
¹⁷ He allots their portions;^(AX)
    his hand distributes them by measure.
They will possess it forever
    and dwell there from generation to generation.^(AY)

⁴ For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;
    I sing for joy^(A) at what your hands have done.^(B)
5 How great are your works,^(C) Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!^(D)
6 Senseless people^(E) do not know,
    fools do not understand,

² Great are the works^(A) of the Lord;
    they are pondered by all^(B) who delight in them.
³ Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
    and his righteousness endures^(C) forever.