Shining morning star,
how you have fallen from the heavens!
You destroyer of nations,
you have been cut down to the ground.

Let my refugees stay with you;
be a refuge for Moab from the aggressor.

When the oppressor has gone,
destruction has ended,
and marauders have vanished from the land.

Then the lookout reported,
“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,
and I stay at my post all night.

The desert creatures will meet hyenas,
and one wild goat will call to another.
Indeed, the screech owl will stay there
and will find a resting place for herself.