33:1 Woe to you, destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed; you treacherous one, with whom none has dealt treacherously! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, you will be dealt with treacherously.
33:1 Ah, 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.

33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for thee. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.

33:3 At the thunderous noise peoples flee, at the lifting up of thyself nations are scattered;
33:3 At the sound of tumult, peoples fled; before your majesty, nations scattered.

33:4 and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, men leap upon it.
33:4 Spoil was gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, they leaped upon it.

33:5 The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness;
33:5 The LORD is exalted, he dwells on high; he filled Zion with justice and righteousness;

33:6 and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
33:6 he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.

33:7 Behold, the valiant ones cry without; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
33:7 Listen! the valiant cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases. Covenants are broken, witnesses are despised, there is no regard for man.
33:8 The highways are deserted, travelers have quit the road. The treaty is broken, its oaths are despised, its obligation is disregarded.

33:9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
33:9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

33:10 "Now I will arise," says the LORD, "now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.
33:10 "Now I will arise," says the LORD, "now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.

33:11 You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.
33:11 You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.

33:12 And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire."
33:12 And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire."

33:13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
33:13 Hear, you who are far away, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might.

33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?"
33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames?"

33:15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil,
33:15 Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly, who despise the gain of oppression, who wave away a bribe instead of accepting it, who stop their ears from hearing of bloodshed and shut their eyes from looking on evil,

33:16 he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him, his water will be sure.
33:16 they will live on the heights; their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks; their food will be supplied, their water assured.

33:17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches afar.
33:17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches far away.

33:18 Your mind will muse on the terror: "Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers?"
33:18 Your mind will muse on the terror: "Where is the one who counted? Where is the one who weighed the tribute? Where is the one who counted the towers?"

33:19 You will see no more the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech which you cannot comprehend, stammering in a tongue which you cannot understand.
33:19 No longer will you see the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language that you cannot understand.

33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
33:20 Look on Zion, the city of our appointed festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be pulled up, and none of whose ropes will be broken.

33:21 But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor stately ship can pass.
33:21 But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor stately ship can pass.

33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our ruler, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our ruler, the LORD is our king; he will save us.

33:23 Your tackle hangs loose; it cannot hold the mast firm in its place, or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will take the prey.
33:23 Your rigging hangs loose; it cannot hold the mast firm in its place, or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will fall to plundering.

33:24 And no inhabitant will say, "I am sick"; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.
33:24 And no inhabitant will say, "I am sick"; the people who live there will be forgiven their iniquity.