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Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee. |
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O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity. |
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From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations. |
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And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it. |
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Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion `with' judgment and righteousness, |
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And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah -- it `is' His treasure. |
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Lo, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly. |
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Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man. |
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Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel. |
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Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up. |
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Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! -- fire devoureth you. |
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And peoples have been `as' burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn. |
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Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might. |
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Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age? |
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Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil, |
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He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock `are' his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast. |
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A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off. |
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Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where `is' he who is counting? Where `is' he who is weighing? Where `is' he who is counting the towers? |
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The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding. |
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See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken. |
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But there mighty `is' Jehovah for us, A place of rivers -- streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it. |
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For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king -- He doth save us. |
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Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil. |
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Nor doth an inhabitant say, `I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity! |