16He will dwell on the heights,
         His refuge will be the impregnable rock;
         His bread will be given him,
         His water will be sure.

17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;
         They will behold a far-distant land.

18Your heart will meditate on terror:
         “Where is he who counts?
         Where is he who weighs?
         Where is he who counts the towers?”

19You will no longer see a fierce people,
         A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,
         Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.

20Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
         Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation,
         A tent which will not be folded;
         Its stakes will never be pulled up,
         Nor any of its cords be torn apart.

21But there the majestic One, the LORD, will be for us
         A place of rivers and wide canals
         On which no boat with oars will go,
         And on which no mighty ship will pass—

22For the LORD is our judge,
         The LORD is our lawgiver,
         The LORD is our king;
         He will save us—

23Your tackle hangs slack;
         It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
         Nor spread out the sail.
         Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
         The lame will take the plunder.

24And no resident will say, “I am sick”;
         The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.

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