15 The person who does what is right and speaks the truth will live.He rejects getting rich by extortion and refuses to take bribes.He refuses to listen to those who are plotting murders.He doesn’t look for evil things to do.
16 This person will live on high.His stronghold will be a fortress made of rock.He will have plenty of foodand a dependable supply of water.
17 Your eyes will see how handsome the king is.You will see a land that stretches into the distance.
18 Your mind will be thinking of the terrors ⌊in the past⌋.Where are the scribes?Where are the tax collectors?Where are those who counted the towers?
19 You will no longer see those savage people,those people with an unrecognizable language,with a foreign language that you can’t understand.
20 Look at Zion, the city of our festivals.Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a peaceful place.It is a tent that can’t be moved.Its tent pegs will never be pulled out,and none of its ropes will be broken.
21 The Lord will be our mighty defenderin a place surrounded by wide rivers and streams.Ships with oars won’t travel on them.Stately ships won’t sail on them.