Thus says the Lord God ^aconcerning Edom:

^bWe have heard a report from the Lord,

and a messenger has been sent among the nations:

“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”

2  Behold, I will make you small among the nations;

you shall be utterly despised.¹

3  ^cThe pride of your heart has deceived you,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,²

in your lofty dwelling,

^dwho say in your heart,

“Who will bring me down to the ground?”

4  Though you soar aloft like the eagle,

though your nest is set among the stars,

from there I will bring you down,

declares the Lord.

5  If ^ethieves came to you,

if plunderers came by night—

how you have been destroyed!—

would they not steal only enough for themselves?

If ^egrape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave gleanings?

6  ^fHow Esau has been pillaged,

his treasures sought out!

7  All your allies have driven you to your border;

those at peace with you have deceived you;

they have prevailed against you;

^gthose who eat your bread³ have set a trap beneath you—

^hyou have⁴ no understanding.

8  ⁱWill I not on that day, declares the Lord,

destroy the wise men out of Edom,

and understanding out of ^jMount Esau?

9  And your mighty men shall be dismayed, ^kO Teman,

so that every man from ^jMount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

10  ^lBecause of the violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

^mand you shall be cut off forever.

11  ⁿOn the day that you stood aloof,

^oon the day that strangers carried off his wealth

and foreigners entered his gates

^pand cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were like one of them.

12  ^qBut do not gloat over the day of your brother

in the day of his misfortune;

^rdo not rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their ruin;

^sdo not boast⁵

in the day of distress.

13  ^tDo not enter the gate of my people

in the day of their calamity;

^tdo not gloat over his disaster

in the day of his calamity;

^udo not loot his wealth

in the day of his calamity.

14  ^vDo not stand at the crossroads

to cut off his fugitives;

do not hand over his survivors

in the day of distress.

15  For ^wthe day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.

^xAs you have done, it shall be done to you;

your deeds shall return on your own head.

16  ^yFor as you have drunk on ^zmy holy mountain,

so all the nations shall drink continually;

they shall drink and swallow,

and shall be as though they had never been.

17  ^aBut in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,

and it shall be holy,

^band the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.

18  ^cThe house of Jacob shall be a fire,

and the house of Joseph a flame,

and the house of Esau ^dstubble;

they shall burn them and consume them,

^eand there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,

for the Lord has spoken.

19  Those of ^fthe Negeb ^bshall possess ^gMount Esau,

and those of the Shephelah shall possess ^hthe land of the Philistines;

they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of ⁱSamaria,

and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

20  The exiles of this host of the people of Israel

shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as ^jZarephath,

and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad

shall possess the cities of the Negeb.

21  ^kSaviors shall go up to Mount Zion

to rule ^gMount Esau,

and ^lthe kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

1  ^tBe not silent, O ^uGod of my praise!

2  For wicked and ^vdeceitful mouths are opened against me,

speaking against me with lying tongues.

3  They encircle me with words of hate,

and attack me ^wwithout cause.

4  In return for my love they ^xaccuse me,

but I ^ygive myself to prayer.¹

5  So they ^zreward me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

6  ^aAppoint a wicked man ^bagainst him;

let an accuser stand ^cat his right hand.

7  When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;

let his ^dprayer be counted as sin!

8  May his ^edays be few;

may ^fanother take his ^goffice!

9  May his ^hchildren be fatherless

and his wife a widow!

10  May his children ⁱwander about and beg,

^jseeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!

11  May ^kthe creditor seize all that he has;

may ^kstrangers plunder the fruits of his toil!

12  Let there be none to ^lextend kindness to him,

nor any to ^mpity his fatherless children!

13  May his ⁿposterity be cut off;

may his ^oname be blotted out in the second generation!

14  May ^pthe iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,

and let not the sin of his mother be ^qblotted out!

15  ^rLet them be before the Lord continually,

that he may ^scut off the memory of them from the earth!

16  For he did not remember to show kindness,

but pursued ^tthe poor and needy

and ^uthe brokenhearted, to put them to death.

17  ^vHe loved to curse; let curses come² upon him!

He did not delight in blessing; may it be far³ from him!

18  He ^wclothed himself with cursing as his coat;

may it ^xsoak⁴ into his body like water,

like oil into his bones!

19  May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,

like a belt that he puts on every day!

20  May this be the reward of my ^yaccusers from the Lord,

of those who speak evil against my life!

21  But you, O God my Lord,

deal on my behalf ^zfor your name’s sake;

because your ^asteadfast love is good, deliver me!

22  For I am ^bpoor and needy,

and my heart is stricken within me.

23  I am gone like ^ca shadow at evening;

I am ^dshaken off like a locust.

24  My knees are weak ^ethrough fasting;

my ^fbody has become gaunt, with no fat.

25  I am ^gan object of scorn to my accusers;

when they see me, they ^hwag their heads.

26  ⁱHelp me, O Lord my God!

Save me according to your steadfast love!

27  Let them ^jknow that this is your hand;

you, O Lord, have done it!

28  ^kLet them curse, but you will bless!

They arise and are put to shame, but ^lyour servant will be glad!

29  May my accusers be ^mclothed with dishonor;

may they ⁿbe wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

30  With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;

I will ^opraise him in the midst of the throng.

31  For he stands ^pat the right hand of the needy one,

to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.