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84 lines
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# Chapter 7
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1 Woe is me!
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For I am like those who gather summer fruits,
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Like those who glean vintage grapes;
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There is no cluster to eat
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Of the first-ripe fruit which my soul desires.
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2 The faithful man has perished from the earth,
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And there is no one upright among men.
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They all lie in wait for blood;
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Every man hunts his brother with a net.
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3 That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
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The prince asks for gifts,
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The judge seeks a bribe,
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And the great man utters his evil desire;
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So they scheme together.
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4 The best of them is like a brier;
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The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge;
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The day of your watchman and your punishment comes;
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Now shall be their perplexity.
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5 Do not trust in a friend;
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Do not put your confidence in a companion;
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Guard the doors of your mouth
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From her who lies in your bosom.
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6 For son dishonors father,
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Daughter rises against her mother,
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Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
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A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
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7 Therefore I will look to the Lord;
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I will wait for the God of my salvation;
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My God will hear me.
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8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
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When I fall, I will arise;
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When I sit in darkness,
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The Lord will be a light to me.
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9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord,
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Because I have sinned against Him,
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Until He pleads my case
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And executes justice for me.
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He will bring me forth to the light;
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I will see His righteousness.
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10 Then she who is my enemy will see,
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And shame will cover her who said to me,
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“Where is the Lord your God?”
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My eyes will see her;
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Now she will be trampled down
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Like mud in the streets.
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11 In the day when your walls are to be built,
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In that day the decree shall go far and wide.
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12 In that day they shall come to you
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From Assyria and the fortified cities,
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From the fortress to the River,
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From sea to sea,
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And mountain to mountain.
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13 Yet the land shall be desolate
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Because of those who dwell in it,
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And for the fruit of their deeds.
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14 Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
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The flock of Your heritage,
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Who dwell solitarily in a woodland,
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In the midst of Carmel;
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Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
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As in days of old.
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15 “As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
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I will show them wonders.”
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16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
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They shall put their hand over their mouth;
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Their ears shall be deaf.
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17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent;
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They shall crawl from their holes like snakes of the earth.
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They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
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And shall fear because of You.
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18 Who is a God like You,
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Pardoning iniquity
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And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?
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He does not retain His anger forever,
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Because He delights in mercy.
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19 He will again have compassion on us,
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And will subdue our iniquities.
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You will cast all our sins
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Into the depths of the sea.
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20 You will give truth to Jacob
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And mercy to Abraham,
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Which You have sworn to our fathers
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From days of old. |