Moab&#8217;s might will be crushed. Its power will be broken.<n id="1" /> I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!<n id="2" />p>

Armies<n id="1" /> will be suddenly<n id="2" /> swept away in defeat<n id="3" /> before him; both they and a covenant leader<n id="4" /> will be destroyed.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">Although I trained and strengthened them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they plot evil against me!p>

They are your people, your valued property,<n id="1" /> whom you brought out with great strength and power.<n id="2" />p>

Therefore the <sc>Lordsc> brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power,<n id="1" /> as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders.

<t /><p class="poetry">Of Gad he said:p> <p class="poetry">Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad.p> <p class="poetry">Like a lioness he will dwell;p> <p class="poetry">he will tear at an arm &#8211; indeed, a scalp.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The everlasting God is a refuge,p> <p class="poetry">and underneath you are his eternal arms;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he has driven out enemies before you,p> <p class="poetry">and has said, &#8220;Destroy!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even Assyria has allied with them,p> <p class="poetry">lending its strength to the descendants of Lot.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">You crushed the Proud One<n id="1" /> and killed it;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.p>

<p class="poetry">Your arm is powerful,p> <p class="poetry">your hand strong,p> <p class="poetry">your right hand<n id="1" /> victorious.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest,p> <p class="poetry">and his hand gleans the ear of grain.p> <p class="poetry">It will be like one gathering the ears of grainp> <p class="poetry">in the Valley of Rephaim.p>

<p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, be merciful to us! We wait for you.p> <p class="poetry">Give us strength each morning!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Deliver us when distress comes.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like a shepherd he tends his flock;p> <p class="poetry">he gathers up the lambs with his arm;p> <p class="poetry">he carries them close to his heart;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he leads the ewes along.p>

<p class="poetry">I looked, but there was no one to help;p> <p class="poetry">I was shocked because there was no one offering support.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">So my right arm accomplished deliverance;p> <p class="poetry">my raging anger drove me on.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">the one who made his majestic power available to Moses,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who divided the water before them,p> <p class="poetry">gaining for himself a lasting reputation,<n id="2" />p>

In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength!<n id="1" />

You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.<n id="1" />

His forces<n id="1" /> will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary,<n id="2" /> stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up<n id="3" /> the abomination that causes desolation.