3. At this my body is racked with pain,pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labour;I am staggered by what I hear,I am bewildered by what I see.
4. My heart falters,fear makes me tremble;the twilight I longed forhas become a horror to me.
5. They set the tables,they spread the rugs,they eat, they drink!Get up, you officers,oil the shields!
6. This is what the Lord says to me:‘Go, post a lookoutand let him report what he sees.
7. When he sees chariotswith teams of horses,riders on donkeysor riders on camels,let him be alert,fully alert.’
8. And the lookout shouted,‘Day after day, my Lord, I stand on the watchtower;every night I stay at my post.