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126 lines
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The
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Lord's Day of Vengeance
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# Chapter 63
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1. Who is this coming from Edom
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in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah--
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this one who is splendid in his apparel,
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striding in his formidable might?
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It is I, proclaiming vindication,
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powerful to save.
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2. Why are your clothes red,
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and your garments like one who treads a winepress?
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3. I trampled the winepress alone,
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and no one from the nations was with me.
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I trampled them in my anger
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and ground them underfoot in my fury;
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their blood spattered my garments,
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and all my clothes were stained.
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4. For I planned the day of vengeance,
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and the year of my redemption came.
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5. I looked, but there was no one to help,
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and I was amazed that no one assisted;
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so my arm accomplished victory for me,
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and my wrath assisted me.
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6. I crushed nations in my anger;
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I made them drunk with my wrath
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and poured out their blood on the ground.
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Remembrance of Grace
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7. I will make known the
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Lord's faithful love
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and the
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Lord's praiseworthy acts,
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because of all the
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Lord has done for us--
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even the many good things
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he has done for the house of Israel,
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which he did for them based on his compassion
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and the abundance of his faithful love.
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8. He said, "They are indeed my people,
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children who will not be disloyal,"
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and he became their Savior.
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9. In all their suffering, he suffered,
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and the angel of his presence saved them.
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He redeemed them
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because of his love and compassion;
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he lifted them up and carried them
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all the days of the past.
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10. But they rebelled
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and grieved his Holy Spirit.
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So he became their enemy
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and fought against them.
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11. Then he remembered the days of the past,
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the days of Moses and his people.
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Where is he who brought them out of the sea
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with the shepherds of his flock?
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Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among the flock?
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12. He made his glorious strength
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available at the right hand of Moses,
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divided the water before them
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to make an eternal name for himself,
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13. and led them through the depths
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like a horse in the wilderness,
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so that they did not stumble.
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14. Like cattle that go down into the valley,
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the Spirit of the
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Lord gave them rest.
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You led your people this way
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to make a glorious name for yourself.
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Israel's Prayer
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15. Look down from heaven and see
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from your lofty home--holy and beautiful.
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Where is your zeal and your might?
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Your yearning and your compassion
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are withheld from me.
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16. Yet you are our Father,
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even though Abraham does not know us
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and Israel doesn't recognize us.
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You,
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Lord, are our Father;
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your name is Our Redeemer
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from Ancient Times.
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17. Why,
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Lord, do you make us stray from your ways?
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You harden our hearts so we do not fear you.
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Return, because of your servants,
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the tribes of your heritage.
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18. Your holy people had a possession
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for a little while,
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but our enemies have trampled down
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your sanctuary.
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19. We have become like those you never ruled,
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like those who did not bear your name.
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