For behold, the Lord is about to come out from His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
And the earth will reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.

Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,

That the mountains might quake at Your presence—

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me, “Blessed be the glory of the Lord

in His place.”

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away,

I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.

Place

But our God is in the heavens;
He does whatever He pleases.

And tread

“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And tread down the wicked where they stand.

Enter the rock and hide in the dust

From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.

For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
And Moab will be trodden down in his place
As straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile.

“I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no man with Me.
I also trod them in My anger
And trampled them in My wrath;
And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I stained all My raiment.

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,

The Lord God of hosts is His name.

The high

“He made him ride on the high places of the earth,
And he ate the produce of the field;

And He made him suck honey from the rock,

And oil from the flinty rock,

“Blessed are you, O Israel;

Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,

Who is the shield of your help

And the sword of your majesty!

So your enemies will cringe before you,

And you will tread upon their high places.”

The Lord God is my strength,
And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet,
And makes me walk on my high places.
For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

General references

The mountains skipped like rams,
The hills, like lambs.