1. Woe to you, destroyer,you who have not been destroyed!Woe to you, betrayer,you who have not been betrayed!When you stop destroying,you will be destroyed;when you stop betraying,you will be betrayed.
2. Lord, be gracious to us;we long for you.Be our strength every morning,our salvation in time of distress.
3. At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee;when you rise up, the nations scatter.
4. Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
5. The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.
6. He will be the sure foundation for your times,a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.
7. Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8. The highways are deserted,no travellers are on the roads.The treaty is broken,its witnesses are despised,no one is respected.