1 Send lambs to the ruler of the land,from Sela through the desertto the mountain of Daughter Zion.
2 The daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon are like orphaned birds pushed from the nest.
3 Consider carefully, act justly;at high noon provide your shade like night.Hide the outcasts;keep the fugitives hidden.
4 Let the outcasts of Moab live among you.Be a hiding place for them from the destroyer.When the oppressor is no more,when destruction has ceased,when the trampler has vanished from the land,
5 a throne will be established based on goodness,and someone will sit faithfully on it in David’s dwelling—a judge who seeks justice and timely righteousness.
6 We have heard of Moab’s pride,his great pride,his outrageous pride and arrogance,his empty boasting.
7 Therefore, let Moab wail;let everyone wail for Moab.Let them moan, utterly stricken, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.