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A Prophecy of Deliverance from Foes

33Ah, you destroyer,
   who yourself have not been destroyed;
you treacherous one,
   with whom no one has dealt treacherously!
When you have ceased to destroy,
   you will be destroyed;
and when you have stopped dealing treacherously,
   you will be dealt with treacherously.

² O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
   Be our arm every morning,
   our salvation in the time of trouble.
³ At the sound of tumult, peoples fled;
   before your majesty, nations scattered.
⁴ Spoil was gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
   as locusts leap, they leapt^* upon it.
⁵ The Lord is exalted, he dwells on high;
   he filled Zion with justice and righteousness;
⁶ he will be the stability of your times,
   abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;
   the fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.^*

⁷ Listen! the valiant^* cry in the streets;
   the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
⁸ The highways are deserted,
   travellers have left the road.
The treaty is broken,
   its oaths^* are despised,
   its obligation^* is disregarded.
⁹ The land mourns and languishes;
   Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
Sharon is like a desert;
   and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.