Distress and Help
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.
2Lord, be gracious to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.
3At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee;
when you rise up, the nations scatter.
4Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;
like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
5The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with his justice 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.33:6 Or is a treasure from him
7Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8The highways are deserted,
no travelers are on the roads.
The treaty is broken,
its witnesses33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / the cities are despised,
no one is respected.
9The land dries up and wastes away,
Lebanon is ashamed and withers;
Sharon is like the Arabah,
and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
10“Now will I arise,” says the Lord.
“Now will I be exalted;
now will I be lifted up.
11You conceive chaff,
you give birth to straw;
your breath is a fire that consumes you.
12The peoples will be burned to ashes;
like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
13You who are far away, hear what I have done;
you who are near, acknowledge my power!
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?”
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—
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.
17Your eyes will see the king in his beauty
and view a land that stretches afar.
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?”
19You will see those arrogant people no more,
people whose speech is obscure,
whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
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.
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.
22For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who 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.
24No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;
and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
主必拯救锡安
1你们这些毁灭别人、自己还未被毁灭的人有祸了！
等你们毁灭完了，必毁灭你们。
你们这些欺诈别人、自己还未被欺诈的人有祸了！
等你们欺诈完了，必欺诈你们。
2耶和华啊，求你施恩给我们，
我们等候你。
求你每天早晨都作我们的力量，
在艰难的时候拯救我们。
3你大喊一声，列邦都奔逃；
你挺身而出，列国都溃散。
4他们的战利品必被抢光，
犹如谷物被蝗虫吃光；
人们像蝗虫一样扑向战利品。
5耶和华受尊崇，
因为祂住在高天之上，
祂必使锡安充满公平和公义。
6祂是你一生的保障，
使你得到丰盛的救恩、智慧和知识。
敬畏耶和华是你的宝藏。
7看啊，他们的勇士在街上哀号，
求和的使者痛哭。
8大路荒凉，行人绝迹。
条约被废，城邑被弃，
人被藐视。
9大地枯竭衰残，
黎巴嫩的树木羞惭枯干，
沙仑好像旷野，
巴珊和迦密的树叶凋零。
10耶和华说：
“现在我要起来，
我要施展大能，
我要得到尊崇。
11你们怀的是糠秕，
生的是碎秸，
你们的气息是烧灭自己的火。
12列邦必被烧成灰烬，
好像割下的荆棘被火焚烧。”
13远方的人啊，
要听听我的作为。
近处的人啊，
要承认我的大能。
14锡安的罪人恐惧，
不敬虔的人颤抖。
他们说：“我们谁能与烈火同住？
谁能与永不止息的火焰同住？”
15秉公行义、说话正直、
憎恶不义之财、摆手不受贿赂、
掩耳不听害人之谋、
闭眼不看邪恶之事的人，
16必住在高处，
他们的堡垒是坚固的磐石，
他们必不会绝粮断水。
17你们必目睹君王的荣美，
看到辽阔的土地。
18你们心里必思想以往可怕的情景，
说：“登记的在哪里？
收贡银的在哪里？
数城楼的在哪里？”
19你们再也看不见那些残暴之徒了，
他们说话深奥难解，
他们讲话奇怪难懂。
20你们看我们在其中守节期的锡安城！
你们必看见耶路撒冷成为安宁之地，
是永不挪移的帐篷，
橛子永不拔出，
绳索也不会断。
21在那里，威严的耶和华必作保护我们的巨川大河。
摇桨的小舟不能驶入，
威严的战船无法越过。
22因为耶和华是我们的审判官，
是我们的立法者，
是我们的君王，
祂必拯救我们。
23敌人的帆索松开，
桅杆晃动不稳，
风帆无法扬起。
那时，大量战利品将被瓜分，
甚至瘸腿的都分得一份。
24耶路撒冷必没有居民说
“我生病了”，
城中百姓的罪恶必得到赦免。
