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Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee (33:1)

O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble (33:2)

At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered (33:3)

And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them (33:4)

The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness (33:5)

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord [is] his treasure (33:6)

Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly (33:7)

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man (33:8)

The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits] (33:9)

Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself (33:10)

Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, [as] fire, shall devour you (33:11)

And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime: [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire (33:12)

Hear, ye [that are] far off, what I have done; and, ye [that are] near, acknowledge my might (33:13)

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? (33:14)

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; (33:15)

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure (33:16)

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off (33:17)

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers? (33:18)

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, [that thou canst] not understand (33:19)

Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle [that] shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken (33:20)

But there the glorious Lord [will be] unto us a place of broad rivers [and] streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby (33:21)

For the Lord [is] our judge, the Lord [is] our lawgiver, the Lord [is] our king; he will save us (33:22)

Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey (33:23)

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein [shall be] forgiven [their] iniquity (33:24)

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