<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> has planned a day of revenge,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I looked forward to the day of vengeance,p> <p class="poetry">and then payback time arrived.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let your private parts be exposed!p> <p class="poetry">Your genitals will be on display!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will get revenge;p> <p class="poetry">I will not have pity on anyone,&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">to announce the year when the <sc>Lordsc> will show his favor,p> <p class="poetry">the day when our God will seek vengeance,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to console all who mourn,p>

<p class="poetry">Tell those who panic,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Be strong! Do not fear!p> <p class="poetry">Look, your God comes to avenge!p> <p class="poetry">With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He wears his desire for justice<n id="1" /> like body armor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He puts on the garments of vengeance<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and wears zeal like a robe.p>