1. From the city of Sela in the desert the people of Moab send a lamb as a present to the one who rules in Jerusalem.
2. They wait on the banks of the River Arnon and move aimlessly to and fro, like birds driven from their nest.
3. They say to the people of Judah, “Tell us what to do. Protect us like a tree that casts a cool shadow in the heat of noon, and let us rest in your shade. We are refugees; hide us where no one can find us.