1. Keep silence before me, O coastlands;let the nations renew their strength.Let them draw near and speak;let us come together for judgment.
2. Who has stirred up from the East the champion of justice,and summoned him to be his attendant?To him he delivers nationsand subdues kings;With his sword he reduces them to dust,with his bow, to driven straw.
3. He pursues them, passing on without loss,by a path his feet scarcely touch.
4. Who has performed these deeds?Who has called forth the generations from the beginning?I, the Lord, am the first,and at the last I am he.
5. The coastlands see, and fear;the ends of the earth tremble:they approach, they come on.