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Nations scatter when you roar
    and show your greatness.[a]
We attack our enemies
    like swarms of locusts;[b]
we take everything
    that belongs to them.[c]

You, Lord, are above all others,
    and you live in the heavens.
You have brought justice
    and fairness to Jerusalem;

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Footnotes

  1. 33.3 greatness: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 3.
  2. 33.4 locusts: Insects like grasshoppers that travel in swarms and cause great damage to crops.
  3. 33.4 them: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 4.

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