| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed. | 1Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you. |
| 2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble. | 2 LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble. |
| 3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise. | 3The peoples flee at the thunderous noise; the nations scatter when You rise in Your majesty. |
| 4Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it. | 4Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered; people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts. |
| 5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. | 5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. |
| 6He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure. | 6There will be times of security for you-- a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure. |
| 7Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. | 7Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets; the messengers of peace weep bitterly. |
| 8The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded. | 8The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. An agreement has been broken, cities despised, and human life disregarded. |
| 9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. | 9The land mourns and withers; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves." |
| 10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted. | 10Now I will rise up," says the LORD." Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted. |
| 11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. | 11You will conceive chaff; you will give birth to stubble. Your breath is fire that will consume you. |
| 12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze. | 12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and burned in a fire. |
| 13You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.” | 13You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, know My strength." |
| 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?” | 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly:" Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?" |
| 15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil— | 15The one who lives righteously and speaks rightly, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil-- |
| 16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured. | 16he will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be the rocky fortresses, his food provided, his water assured. |
| 17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar. | 17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; you will see a vast land. |
| 18Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?” | 18Your mind will meditate on the past terror:" Where is the accountant? Where is the tribute collector? Where is the one who spied out our defenses?" |
| 19You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand. | 19You will no longer see the barbarians, a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend-- who stammer in a language that is not understood. |
| 20Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken. | 20Look at Zion, the city of our festival times. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up nor will any of its cords be loosened. |
| 21But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass. | 21For the majestic One, our LORD, will be there, a place of rivers and broad streams where ships that are rowed will not go, and majestic vessels will not pass. |
| 22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us. | 22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. He will save us. |
| 23Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder. | 23Your ropes are slack; they cannot hold the base of the mast or spread out the flag. Then abundant spoil will be divided, the lame will plunder it, |
| 24And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity. | 24and none there will say, "I am sick." The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. |
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