3 Offer counsel, take their part;at high noon make your shade like the night;Hide the outcasts,do not betray the fugitives.
4 Let the outcasts of Moab live with you,be their shelter from the destroyer.When there is an end to the oppressor,when destruction has ceased,and the marauders have vanished from the land,
5 A throne shall be set up in mercy,and on it shall sit in fidelity,in David’s tent,A judge upholding right,prompt to do justice.
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab,how very proud he is,Of his haughtiness, pride, and arrogancethat his empty words do not match.
7 Therefore let Moab wail,let everyone wail for Moab;For the raisin cakes of Kir-haresethlet them sigh, stricken with grief.
8 The terraced slopes of Heshbon languish,the vines of Sibmah,Whose clusters once overpoweredthe lords of nations,Reaching as far as Jazerwinding through the wilderness,Whose branches spread forth,crossing over the sea.
9 Therefore I weep with Jazerfor the vines of Sibmah;I drench you with my tears,Heshbon and Elealeh;For on your summer fruits and harveststhe battle cry has fallen.