1. Woe, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.
2. O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.
3. From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.
4. And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.
5. Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,
6. And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah--it [is] His treasure.
7. Lo, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.
8. Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.
9. Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
10. Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.
11. Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! --fire devoureth you.