“‘Gather up your bundle
From the ground!
O you who live under siege!’
Thus says Yahweh.
‘I am going to sling out
The inhabitants of the land
At this time.
I will bring distress on them.
Thus they shall feel it.’”
Yahweh warns them to get ready to move. They were to gather up their bundles from the ground. They were going to be under siege in Jerusalem. Yahweh said that he was going to throw them out of their land. They would feel great distress over the things to come.
“Blessed be Yahweh!
He has wondrously shown
His steadfast love to me,
When I was beset
As a city under siege.
I had said in my alarm.
‘I am driven far from your sight.’
But you heard my supplications,
When I cried to you for help.”
Yahweh was blessed. He had shown his steadfast love to David, especially when he was like a city under siege. David thought that he was far from the sight of Yahweh. He was alarmed and cried for help from Yahweh. When he cried, Yahweh came to help him. Yahweh was truly his blessed help.
