6. He is your constant source of stability;he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom;he gives all this to those who fear him.
7. Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets;messengers sent to make peace weep bitterly.
8. Highways are empty,there are no travelers.Treaties are broken,witnesses are despised,human life is treated with disrespect.
9. The land dries up and withers away;the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays.Sharon is like the desert;Bashan and Carmel are parched.
10. “Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.“Now I will exalt myself;now I will magnify myself.
11. You conceive straw,you give birth to chaff;your breath is a fire that destroys you.
12. The nations will be burned to ashes;like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.
13. You who are far away, listen to what I have done!You who are close by, recognize my strength!”
14. Sinners are afraid in Zion;panic grips the godless.They say, ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’
15. The one who lives uprightlyand speaks honestly;the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measuresand rejects a bribe;the one who does not plot violent crimesand does not seek to harm others –