8. Do not gloat over me, my enemy!Though I have fallen, I will rise.Though I sit in darkness,the Lord will be my light.
9. Because I have sinned against him,I will bear the Lord’s wrath,until he pleads my caseand upholds my cause.He will bring me out into the light;I will see his righteousness.
10. Then my enemy will see itand will be covered with shame,she who said to me,‘Where is the Lord your God?’My eyes will see her downfall;even now she will be trampled underfootlike mire in the streets.
11. The day for building your walls will come,the day for extending your boundaries.
12. In that day people will come to youfrom Assyria and the cities of Egypt,even from Egypt to the Euphratesand from sea to seaand from mountain to mountain.
13. The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,as the result of their deeds.
14. Shepherd your people with your staff,the flock of your inheritance,which lives by itself in a forest,in fertile pasture-lands.Let them feed in Bashan and Gileadas in days long ago.
15. ‘As in the days when you came out of Egypt,I will show them my wonders.’
16. Nations will see and be ashamed,deprived of all their power.They will put their hands over their mouthsand their ears will become deaf.
17. They will lick dust like a snake,like creatures that crawl on the ground.They will come trembling out of their dens;they will turn in fear to the Lord our Godand will be afraid of you.