Do not be afraid of sudden terror, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;

For the LORD will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.

The fear of the wicked will come upon him, And the desire of the righteous will be granted.

When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked [is] no [more,] But the righteous [has] an everlasting foundation.

Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap.

Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

For they persecute the [ones] You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.

"men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.

" But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.

"For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.

And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,

"For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?"

Before your pots can feel [the burning] thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.

The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But [God] will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

The LORD [is] slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit [the wicked.] The LORD has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds [are] the dust of His feet.

"But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

" And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;

tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;