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| 1 Alas! thou plunderer, when, thou, hadst not been plundered, And thou traitor, when they had not betrayed thee: When thou hast ceased plundering, thou shalt be plundered, When thou hast left off betraying, they shall betray thee. |
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| 2 O Yahweh! shew us favour,–For thee, have we waited,–Be thou their arm every morning, Yea our salvation in the time of distress. |
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| 3 At the noise of a tumult, the peoples retreated,–When thou didst lift thyself up, nations were scattered. |
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| 4 Then shall your spoil, be gathered, as the gathering of the caterpillar,–As the swift running of locusts, is he about to run upon them. |
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| 5 Exalted, is Yahweh, for he inhabiteth a height,–He hath filled Zion, with justice and righteousness. |
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| 6 So shall a wealth of deliverances, wisdom and knowledge, become the stability of thy times,–the reverence of Yahweh, the same, is his treasure. |
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| 7 Lo! their heroes, have cried out openly,–The messengers of peace, in bitterness, continue weeping [they say]: |
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| 8 The highways, are deserted, The passer-by on the path, hath ceased,–He hath broken covenant, He hath despised cities, He hath made no account of men. |
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| 9 The land mourneth, languisheth, Lebanon, displayeth shame, is withered,–Sharon, hath become, as the waste plain, And Bashan and Carmel, are shaking off their leaves. |
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| 10 Now, will I arise, Saith Yahweh, Now, will I lift myself up, Now, will I be exalted! |
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| 11 Ye shall conceive chaff, Ye shall bring forth stubble,–Your own breath, like fire, shall devour you. |
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| 12 So shall, peoples, become, as the burnings of lime,–As thorns lopped off, with fire, shall they be burned. |
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| 13 Hear–ye that are far off, what I have done, And know–ye that are near, my might: |
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| 14 Terror-stricken in Zion,–are sinners, Shuddering hath seized, the impious,–Who, among us can sojourn with a fire that devoureth? Who, among us can sojourn with burnings age-abiding? |
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| 15 He that walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly,–He that refuseth the gain of exactions, That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong, |
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| 16 He, the heights, shall inhabit, A stronghold of crags, shall be his refuge,–His bread, hath been delivered, His waters, have been made sure. |
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| 17 Of a king, in his beauty, shall thine eyes, have vision: They shall see a land that stretcheth afar. |
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| 18 Thy heart, may murmur in terror,–Where is the scribe? Where–the receiver? Where–he that maketh a list of the towers? |
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| 19 The fierce people, shalt thou not see,–The people, of too deep a lip to be understood, of too barbarous a tongue for thee to comprehend. |
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| 20 Look thou on Zion, the city of our appointed feast,–Thine own eyes, shall see Jerusalem–A home of comfort A tent which shall not be packed up–Whose pins, shall not be pulled out, for ever, And none of, whose cords, shall be broken. |
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| 21 But, there, shall Yahweh be our majestic, one, A place of rivers–streams broad on both hands, Wherein shall go no galley with oars, Neither shall majestic ship traverse it; |
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| 22 For, Yahweh, is our judge, Yahweh, is our lawgiver,–Yahweh, is our king, He, will save, us! |
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| 23 Loosed, are thy ropes,–They cannot strengthen the socket of their mast, They have not unfurled a sail, Now, can be apportioned spoil, in abundance, The lame, have captured prey! |
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| 24 Neither shall the inhabitant say, I am sick,–The people who dwell therein, have been forgiven iniquity. |
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