<p class="poetry">The whole earth rests and is quiet;p> <p class="poetry">they break into song.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace;p> <p class="poetry">they rest on their beds.<n id="1" />p>

All of them will come and make their home<n id="1" /> in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">In the past he said to them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;This is where security can be found.p> <p class="poetry">Provide security for the one who is exhausted!p> <p class="poetry">This is where rest can be found.&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">But they refused to listen.p>

<p class="bodytext">It was reported to the family<n id="1" /> of David, &#8220;Syria has allied with<n id="2" /> Ephraim.&#8221; They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s spirit will rest on him<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="4" />p>

When the <sc>Lordsc> gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety,<n id="1" /> and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

<p class="poetry">He said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You will no longer celebrate,p> <p class="poetry">oppressed<n id="1" /> virgin daughter Sidon!p> <p class="poetry">Get up, travel to Cyprus,p> <p class="poetry">but you will find no relief there.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s power will make this mountain secure.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Moab will be trampled down where it stands,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as a heap of straw is trampled down in<n id="3" /> a manure pile.p>

<p class="poetry">Every blow from his punishing cudgel,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">with which the <sc>Lordsc> will beat them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will be accompanied by music from the<n id="3" /> tambourine and harp,p> <p class="poetry">and he will attack them with his weapons.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so the Spirit of the <sc>Lordsc> granted them rest.p> <p class="poetry">In this way<n id="2" /> you guided your people,p> <p class="poetry">gaining for yourself an honored reputation.<n id="3" />p>