2. O Lord, have mercy on us; we wait for thee: thou wert the strength of thy people in the beginning, be also our saving health in the time of tribulation.
3. At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled; at the lifting up of thyself the Gentiles were scattered.
4. And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
5. The Lord shall be exalted; he who dwells on the heights: for he has filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
6. And in thy times wisdom and knowledge, and the strength of salvation shall reign: the fear of the Lord shall be his treasure.
7. Behold, their ambassadors shall cry without: the messengers of peace shall weep bitterly.