³ For the revelation awaits an appointed time;^(A)
    it speaks of the end^(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait^(C) for it;
    it^[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.^(D)

² Lord, I have heard^(A) of your fame;
    I stand in awe^(B) of your deeds, Lord.^(C)
Repeat^(D) them in our day,
    in our time make them known;
    in wrath remember mercy.^(E)

⁶ He stood, and shook the earth;
    he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled^(A)
    and the age-old hills^(B) collapsed^(C)—
    but he marches on forever.^(D)
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
    the dwellings of Midian^(E) in anguish.^(F)

⁸ Were you angry with the rivers,^(G) Lord?
    Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea^(H)
    when you rode your horses
    and your chariots to victory?^(I)
9 You uncovered your bow,
    you called for many arrows.^(J)
You split the earth with rivers;
¹⁰     the mountains saw you and writhed.^(K)
Torrents of water swept by;
    the deep roared^(L)
    and lifted its waves^(M) on high.

¹¹ Sun and moon stood still^(N) in the heavens
    at the glint of your flying arrows,^(O)
    at the lightning^(P) of your flashing spear.
¹² In wrath you strode through the earth
    and in anger you threshed^(Q) the nations.
¹³ You came out^(R) to deliver^(S) your people,
    to save your anointed^(T) one.
You crushed^(U) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.
¹⁴ With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,^(V)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched^(W) who were in hiding.
¹⁵ You trampled the sea^(X) with your horses,
    churning the great waters.^(Y)

¹⁶ I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.^(Z)
Yet I will wait patiently^(AA) for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.
¹⁷ Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,^(AB)
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,^(AC)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,^(AD)
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.^(AE)

¹⁹ The Sovereign Lord is my strength;^(AF)
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.^(AG)

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