14. Sinners became terrified in Zion;trembling seized the godless:"Who among us can live with the devouring fire?Who among us can live with the everlasting blaze?"
15. The one who walks righteously and speaks truthfully,who rejects profit from extortion,who waves away a bribe instead of grabbing it,who won’t listen to bloody plots,and who won’t contemplate doing something evil.
16. He will live on the heights;fortresses in the cliffs will be his refuge.His food will be provided,his water guaranteed.
17. When you gaze upon a king in his glamourand look at the surrounding land,
18. in dismay you will think:Where is the one who counts?Where is the one who weighs?Where is the one who counts towers?
19. You will no longer see the defiant people,the people of speech too obscure to understand,who stammer in an incomprehensible language.
20. Gaze upon Zion, our festival town.Your eyes will see Jerusalem,a carefree dwelling,a tent that is not packed up,whose stakes are never pulled up,whose ropes won’t snap.
21. The Lord’s majesty will be there for us:as a place of rivers, broad streamswhere no boat will go,no majestic ship will cross.
22. The Lord is our judge;the Lord is our leader;the Lord is our king—he will deliver us.
23. Your ropes are loosened;they can’t hold the mast firmly;they can’t spread the sail.Then abundant spoil will be divided;even the lame will seize spoil.
24. And no inhabitant will say, "I’m sick."The people living there will be forgiven their sin.