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10 “Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
    “now I will lift myself up;
    now I will be exalted.

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“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
    I will now rise up,” says the Lord;
    “I will place them in the safety for which they long.”(A)

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13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
    for it is time to favor it;
    the appointed time has come.(A)
14 For your servants hold its stones dear
    and have pity on its dust.
15 The nations will fear the name of the Lord
    and all the kings of the earth your glory.(B)
16 For the Lord will build up Zion;
    he will appear in his glory.(C)
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute
    and will not despise their prayer.(D)

18 Let this be recorded for a generation to come,
    so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord:(E)

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Complacent Self-Indulgence Will Be Punished

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
    and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria,
the notables of the first of the nations,
    to whom the house of Israel resorts!(A)

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16 He saw that there was no one
    and was appalled that there was no one to intervene,
so his own arm brought him victory,
    and his righteousness upheld him.(A)
17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate
    and a helmet of salvation on his head;
he put on garments of vengeance for clothing
    and wrapped himself in fury as in a mantle.(B)

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17 A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
    at the threat of five you shall flee
until you are left
    like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
    like a signal on a hill.(A)

God’s Promise to Zion

18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you;
    therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
    blessed are all those who wait for him.(B)

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Punishment and Conversion of the Nations

Therefore wait for me, says the Lord,
    for the day when I arise as a witness.
For my decision is to gather nations,
    to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
    all the heat of my anger,
for in the fire of my passion
    all the earth shall be consumed.(A)

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13 The Lord goes forth like a soldier;
    like a warrior he stirs up his fury;
he cries out; he shouts aloud;
    he shows himself mighty against his foes.(A)

14 For a long time I have held my peace;
    I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out like a woman in labor;
    I will gasp and pant.(B)

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33 Look, the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts,
    will lop the boughs with terrifying power;
the tallest trees will be cut down,
    and the lofty will be brought low.(A)

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16 Therefore the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts,
    will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors,
and under his glory a burning will be kindled
    like the burning of fire.(A)

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65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
    like a warrior shouting because of wine.(A)

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10 “Be still, and know that I am God!
    I am exalted among the nations;
    I am exalted in the earth.”(A)

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Rise up, O Lord, in your anger;
    lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
    awake, O my God;[a] you have appointed a judgment.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.6 Or awake for me

36 Indeed, the Lord will vindicate his people,
    have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone,
    neither bond nor free remaining.(A)
37 Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods,
    the rock in which they took refuge,(B)
38 who ate the fat of their sacrifices
    and drank the wine of their libations?
Let them rise up and help you;
    let them be your protection!

39 See now that I, even I, am he;
    there is no god besides me.
I kill, and I make alive;
    I wound, and I heal;
    and no one can deliver from my hand.(C)
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven
    and swear, As I live forever,
41 when I whet my flashing sword
    and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
    and will repay those who hate me.(D)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
    and my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
    from the long-haired enemy.’(E)

43 Praise, O heavens,[a] his people;
    worship him, all you gods![b]
For he will avenge the blood of his children[c]
    and take vengeance on his adversaries;
he will repay those who hate him[d]
    and cleanse the land for his people.”[e](F)

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Footnotes

  1. 32.43 Q ms Gk: MT nations
  2. 32.43 Q ms Gk: MT lacks this line
  3. 32.43 Q ms Gk: MT his servants
  4. 32.43 Q ms Gk: MT lacks this line
  5. 32.43 Q ms Sam Gk Vg: MT his land his people

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue; I will overtake;
    I will divide the spoil; my desire shall have its fill of them.
    I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’(A)
10 You blew with your wind; the sea covered them;
    they sank like lead in the mighty waters.(B)

11 Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
    Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
    awesome in splendor, doing wonders?(C)
12 You stretched out your right hand;
    the earth swallowed them.

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18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained glory for myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his chariot drivers.”(A)

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21 to enter the caverns of the rocks
    and the clefts in the crags,
from the terror of the Lord
    and from the glory of his majesty,
    when he rises to terrify the earth.(A)

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