| 1: Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and
dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when
thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt
make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with
thee. |
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| 2: O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou
their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
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| 3:
At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up
of thyself the nations were scattered. |
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| 4: And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the
caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon
them. |
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| 5: The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled
Zion with judgment and righteousness. |
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| 6: And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times,
and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. |
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| 7: Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors
of peace shall weep bitterly. |
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| 8: The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath
broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
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| 9: The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and
hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off
their fruits. |
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| 10: Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now
will I lift up myself. |
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| 11: Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your
breath, as fire, shall devour you. |
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| 12: And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns
cut up shall they be burned in the fire. |
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| 13: Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are
near, acknowledge my might. |
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| 14: The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised
the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who
among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? |
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| 15: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that
despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding
of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth
his eyes from seeing evil; |
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| 16: He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the
munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
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| 17: Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall
behold the land that is very far off. |
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| 18: Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where
is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? |
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| 19: Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper
speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst
not understand. |
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| 20: Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall
see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken
down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall
any of the cords thereof be broken. |
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| 21: But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place
of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with
oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. |
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| 22: For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD
is our king; he will save us. |
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| 23: Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen
their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great
spoil divided; the lame take the prey. |
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| 24: And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that
dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. |
