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.
9. The land dries up and wastes away,Lebanon is ashamed and withers;Sharon is like the Arabah,and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.