1 Woe to you ^awho plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
^bWhen you cease plundering,
You will be ^cplundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you. ‡

2 O Lord, be¹ gracious to us;
^aWe have waited for You.
Be their arm every morning,
Our salvation also in the time of trouble. ‡

3 At the noise of the tumult the people ^ashall flee;
When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered; ‡

4 And Your plunder shall be gathered
Like the gathering of the caterpillar;
As the running to and fro of locusts,
He shall run upon them.