3The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.
5The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.
6Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
7The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
8But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.
9What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.
