33:1 Woe to them that afflict you; but no
one makes you miserable: and he that deals perfidiously with you does not
deal perfidiously: they that deal perfidiously shall be taken and given up,
and as a moth on a garment, so shall they be spoiled.
33:2 Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in thee: the seed of the
rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of
affliction.
33:3 By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of
thee, and the heathen were scattered.
33:4 And now shall the spoils of your small and great be gathered: as if one
should gather locusts, so shall they mock you.
33:5 The Elohim who dwells on high is holy: Zion is filled with judgment and
righteousness.
33:6 They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure:
there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward Yehovah; these are the
treasures of righteousness.
33:7 Behold now, these shall be terrified with fear of you: those whom ye
feared shall cry out because of you: messengers shall be sent, bitterly
weeping, entreating for peace.
33:8 For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations
has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and ye
shall by no means deem them men.
33:9 The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee
shall be laid bare, and Chermel.
33:10 Now will I arise, saith Yehovah, now will I be glorified; now will I
be exalted.
33:11 Now shall ye see, now shall ye perceive; the strength of your breath,
shall be vain; fire shall devour you.
33:12 And the nations shall be burnt up; as a thorn in the field cast out
and burnt up.
33:13 They that are afar off shall hear what I have done; they that draw
nigh shall know my strength.
33:14 The sinners in Zion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly.
Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal
place?
33:15 He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression
and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he
should not hear the judgement of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not
see injustice.
33:16 he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given
him, and his water shall be sure.
33:17 Ye shall see a king with glory: your eyes shall behold a land from
afar.
33:18 Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the
counsellors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up,
33:19 [even] the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel,
neither did he understand [a people] of deep speech, so that a despised
people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears.
33:20 Behold the city of Zion, our refuge: thine eyes shall behold
Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall
the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at
all broken:
33:21 for the name of Yehovah is great to you: ye shall have a place,
[even] rivers and wide and spacious channels: thou shalt not go this way,
neither a vessel with oars go [thereby].
33:22 For my Elohim is great: Yehovah our judge shall not pass me by: Yehovah
is our prince, Yehovah is our king; Yehovah, he shall save us.
33:23 Thy cords are broken, for they had no strength: thy meat has given
way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be
given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.
33:24 And the people dwelling among them shall by no means say, I am in
pain: for their sin shall be forgiven them. |
33:1 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.
33:2 O Yehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm
every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of
thyself the nations were scattered.
33:4 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.
33:5 Yehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with
judgment and righteousness.
33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and
strength of salvation: the fear of Yehovah is his treasure.
33:7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace
shall weep bitterly.
33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the
covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down:
Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
33:10 Now will I rise, saith Yehovah; now will I be exalted; now will I
lift up myself.
33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as
fire, shall devour you.
33:12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up
shall they be burned in the fire.
33:13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might.
33:14 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?
33:15 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;
33:16 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.
33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the
land that is very far off.
33:18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the
receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
33:19 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.
33:20 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.
33:21 But there the glorious Yehovah will be unto us a place of broad rivers
and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant
ship pass thereby.
33:22 For Yehovah is our judge, Yehovah is our lawgiver, Yehovah is our
king; he will save us.
33:23 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.
33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell
therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. |