1	Woe to thee that spoilest# , and thou wast not spoiled# ; and dealest treacherously# , and they dealt not treacherously# with thee! when thou shalt cease# to spoil# , thou shalt be spoiled# ; and when thou shalt make an end# to deal treacherously# , they shall deal treacherously# with thee.
			2	O LORD, be gracious# unto us; we have waited# for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
			3	At the noise of the tumult the people fled# ; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered# .
			4	And your spoil shall be gathered# like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run# upon them.
			5	The LORD is exalted# ; for he dwelleth# on high: he hath filled# Zion with judgment and righteousness.
			6	And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. [salvation: Heb. salvations]
			7	Behold, their valiant ones shall cry# without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep# bitterly. [valiant...: or, messengers]
			8	The highways lie waste# , the wayfaring man# # ceaseth# : he hath broken# the covenant, he hath despised# the cities, he regardeth# no man.
			9	The earth mourneth# and languisheth# : Lebanon is ashamed# and hewn down# : Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off# their fruits . [hewn...: or, withered away]
			10	Now will I rise# , saith# the LORD; now will I be exalted# ; now will I lift up# myself.
			11	Ye shall conceive# chaff, ye shall bring forth# stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour# you.
			12	And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up# shall they be burned# in the fire.
			13	Hear# , ye that are far off, what I have done# ; and, ye that are near, acknowledge# my might.
			14	The sinners in Zion are afraid# ; fearfulness hath surprised# the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell# with the devouring# fire? who among us shall dwell# with everlasting burnings?
			15	He that walketh# righteously, and speaketh# uprightly; he that despiseth# the gain of oppressions, that shaketh# his hands from holding# of bribes, that stoppeth# his ears from hearing# of blood, and shutteth# his eyes from seeing# evil; [righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses] [uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses] [oppressions: or, deceits] [blood: Heb. bloods]
			16	He shall dwell# on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given# him; his waters shall be sure# . [high: Heb. heights, or, high places]
			17	Thine eyes shall see# the king in his beauty: they shall behold# the land that is very far off. [that...: Heb. of far distances]
			18	Thine heart shall meditate# terror. Where is the scribe# ? where is the receiver# ? where is he that counted# the towers? [receiver: Heb. weigher?]
			19	Thou shalt not see# a fierce# people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive# ; of a stammering# tongue, that thou canst not understand. [stammering: or, ridiculous]
			20	Look# upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see# Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down# ; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed# , neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken# .
			21	But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad# rivers and streams; wherein shall go# no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass# thereby. [of...: Heb. broad of spaces, or, hands]
			22	For the LORD is our judge# , the LORD is our lawgiver# , the LORD is our king; he will save# us. [lawgiver: Heb. statutemaker]
			23	Thy tacklings are loosed# ; they could not well strengthen# their mast, they could not spread# the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided# ; the lame take# the prey. [Thy...: or, They have forsaken thy tacklings]
			24	And the inhabitant shall not say# , I am sick# : the people that dwell# therein shall be forgiven# their iniquity.