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# Chapter 50
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1 This is what the Lord says:
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“Was your mother sent away because I divorced her?
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Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors?
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No, you were sold because of your sins.
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And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.
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2 Why was no one there when I came?
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Why didn’t anyone answer when I called?
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Is it because I have no power to rescue?
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No, that is not the reason!
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For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up!
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I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.
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3 I dress the skies in darkness,
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covering them with clothes of mourning.”
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4 The Sovereign Lord has given me his words of wisdom,
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so that I know how to comfort the weary.
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Morning by morning he wakens me
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and opens my understanding to his will.
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5 The Sovereign Lord has spoken to me,
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and I have listened.
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I have not rebelled or turned away.
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6 I offered my back to those who beat me
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and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard.
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I did not hide my face
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from mockery and spitting.
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7 Because the Sovereign Lord helps me,
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I will not be disgraced.
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Therefore, I have set my face like a stone,
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determined to do his will.
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And I know that I will not be put to shame.
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8 He who gives me justice is near.
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Who will dare to bring charges against me now?
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Where are my accusers?
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Let them appear!
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9 See, the Sovereign Lord is on my side!
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Who will declare me guilty?
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All my enemies will be destroyed
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like old clothes that have been eaten by moths!
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10 Who among you fears the Lord
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and obeys his servant?
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If you are walking in darkness,
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without a ray of light,
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trust in the Lord
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and rely on your God.
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11 But watch out, you who live in your own light
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and warm yourselves by your own fires.
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This is the reward you will receive from me:
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You will soon fall down in great torment. |