The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.
A fearful voice `is' in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.
The desire of those fearing Him He doth, And their cry He heareth, and saveth them.
The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.
And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.
I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.
I also -- I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed.
A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
`All -- hath come on Nebuchadnezzar the king.
`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.
`I will not leave you bereaved, I come unto you;
till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;