Study Desk

"You who are far away, ^(C1)hear what I have done; And you who are near, ^(F1)acknowledge My might."

^(C1)Sinners in Zion are terrified; ^(C2)Trembling has seized the godless. "Who among us can live with ^(C3)the consuming fire? Who among us can live with everlasting ^(C4)burning?"

One who ^(C1)walks righteously and speaks with integrity, One who rejects ^(F1)unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And ^(C2)shuts his eyes from looking at evil;

He will dwell on the heights, ^(C1)His refuge will be the ^(F1)impregnable rock; ^(C2)His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

Your eyes will see ^(C1)the King in His beauty; They will see ^(C2)a distant land.

Your heart will meditate on ^(C1)terror: "Where is ^(C2)one who counts? Where is one who weighs? Where is one who counts the towers?"

You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of ^(F1)(C1)unintelligible speech ^(F2)which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue ^(F3)which no one understands.

^(C1)Look at Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an ^(C2)undisturbed settlement, ^(C3)A tent which will not be folded; Its stakes will never be pulled up, Nor any of its ropes be torn apart.

But there the majestic One, the LORD, will be for us A place of ^(C1)rivers and wide canals On which no boat with oars will go, And on which no mighty ship will pass—

For the LORD is our ^(C1)judge, The LORD is ^(C2)our lawgiver, The LORD is ^(C3)our king; ^(C4)He will save us—

Your ship's tackle hangs slack; It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly, Nor spread out the sail. Then the ^(C1)prey of an abundant spoil will be divided; ^(C2)Those who limp will take the plunder.

And no resident will say, "I am ^(C1)sick"; The people who live ^(F1)there will be ^(C2)forgiven their wrongdoing.