| New International Version | King James Bible |
| 1Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed. | 1Woe 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. |
| 2LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. | 2O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. |
| 3At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter. | 3At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. |
| 4Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it. | 4And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. |
| 5The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness. | 5The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. |
| 6He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure. | 6And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. |
| 7Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. | 7Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. |
| 8The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected. | 8The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. |
| 9The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves. | 9The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. |
| 10"Now will I arise," says the LORD. "Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up. | 10Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. |
| 11You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you. | 11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. |
| 12The peoples will be burned to ashes; like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze." | 12And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. |
| 13You who are far away, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power! | 13Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. |
| 14The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: "Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?" | 14The 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? |
| 15Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil-- | 15He 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; |
| 16they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them. | 16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. |
| 17Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar. | 17Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. |
| 18In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: "Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?" | 18Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? |
| 19You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible. | 19Thou 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. |
| 20Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken. | 20Look 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. |
| 21There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them. | 21But 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. |
| 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 rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder. | 23Thy 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. |
| 24No one living in Zion will say, "I am ill"; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven. | 24And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. |
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