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33 : 1 Ah, you destroyer,who yourself have not been destroyed,you traitor,whom none has betrayed!When you have ceased to destroy,you will be destroyed;and when you have finished betraying,they will betray you.
33 : 2 OLord, be gracious to us;we wait for you.Be our arm every morning,our salvation in the time of trouble.
33 : 3 At the tumultuous noise peoples flee;when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
33 : 4 and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.
33 : 5 TheLordis exalted, for he dwells on high;he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
33 : 6 and he will be the stability of your times,abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;the fear of theLordis Zion'streasure.
33 : 7 Behold, their heroes cry in the streets;the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
33 : 8 The highways lie waste;the traveler ceases.Covenants are broken;citiesare despised;there is no regard for man.
33 : 9 The land mourns and languishes;Lebanon is confounded and withers away;Sharon is like a desert,and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
33 : 10 Now I will arise,says theLord,now I will lift myself up;now I will be exalted.
33 : 11 You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble;your breath isa fire that will consume you.
33 : 12 And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
33 : 13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
33 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;trembling has seized the godless:Who among us can dwellwith the consuming fire?Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
33 : 15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,who despises the gain of oppressions,who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshedand shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
33 : 16 he will dwell on the heights;his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
33 : 17 Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;they will see a land that stretches afar.
33 : 18 Your heart will muse on the terror:Where is he who counted, where ishe who weighed the tribute?Where ishe who counted the towers?
33 : 19 You will see no more the insolent people,the peopleof an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
33 : 20 Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!Your eyes will see Jerusalem,an untroubled habitation, animmovable tent,whose stakes will never be plucked up,nor will any of its cords be broken.
33 : 21 But there theLordin majesty will be for usa place ofbroad rivers and streams,where no galley with oars can go,nor majestic ship can pass.
33 : 22 For theLordis ourjudge; theLordis ourlawgiver;theLordis ourking; he will save us.
33 : 23 Your cords hang loose;they cannot hold the mast firm in its placeor keep the sail spread out.Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided;eventhe lame will take the prey.
33 : 24 And no inhabitant will say,I am sick;the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.