2. O Lord, be gracious to us;we have waited for You.Be our strength every morning,our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3. At the noise of the tumult, the people flee;at the lifting up of Yourself, the nations scatter;
4. your spoil is gathered like the caterpillar gathers;as locusts rush about, men rush about on it.
5. The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6. He shall be the stability of your times,a wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;the fear of the Lord is His treasure.
7. Listen! Their valiant ones cry in the streets;the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8. The highways lie waste,the wayfaring man ceases.He has broken the covenant,he has despised the cities,he has no regard for man.
9. The earth mourns and languishes;Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down.Sharon is like a wilderness,and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
10. “Now I will rise,” says the Lord,“now I will be exalted,now I will be lifted up.
11. You have conceived chaff,you shall bring forth stubble;My breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12. The people shall be burned to lime,as thorns cut up are burned in the fire.”
13. Hear what I have done, you who are far away;and you who are near, acknowledge My might.
14. The sinners in Zion are afraid;fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:“Who among us can live with the continual fire?Who among us can live with everlasting burning?”
15. He who walks righteouslyand speaks uprightly,he who rejects unjust gainand shakes his hands from holding bribes,who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,and shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
16. He shall dwell on high;his place of defense shall be the impregnable rock;his bread shall be given him,his waters shall be sure.
17. Your eyes shall see the King in His beauty;they shall see the land that is very far away.