79 lines
3.2 KiB
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79 lines
3.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 33
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1 Ah, you destroyer,
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who yourself have not been destroyed,
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you traitor,
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whom none has betrayed!
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When you have ceased to destroy,
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you will be destroyed;
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and when you have finished betraying,
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they will betray you.
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2 O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
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Be our arm every morning,
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our salvation in the time of trouble.
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3 At the tumultuous noise peoples flee;
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when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,
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4 and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
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as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.
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5 The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
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he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
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6 and he will be the stability of your times,
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abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;
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the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.
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7 Behold, their heroes cry in the streets;
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the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
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8 The highways lie waste;
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the traveler ceases.
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Covenants are broken;
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cities are despised;
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there is no regard for man.
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9 The land mourns and languishes;
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Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
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Sharon is like a desert,
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and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
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10 “Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
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“now I will lift myself up;
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now I will be exalted.
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11 You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble;
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your breath is a fire that will consume you.
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12 And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,
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like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.”
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13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;
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and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
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14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
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trembling has seized the godless:
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“Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire?
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Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”
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15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
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who despises the gain of oppressions,
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who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
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who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
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and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
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16 he will dwell on the heights;
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his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
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his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.
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17 Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;
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they will see a land that stretches afar.
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18 Your heart will muse on the terror:
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“Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed the tribute?
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Where is he who counted the towers?”
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19 You will see no more the insolent people,
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the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
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stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.
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20 Behold Zion, the city of our appointed feasts!
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Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
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an untroubled habitation, an immovable tent,
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whose stakes will never be plucked up,
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nor will any of its cords be broken.
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21 But there the Lord in majesty will be for us
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a place of broad rivers and streams,
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where no galley with oars can go,
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nor majestic ship can pass.
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22 For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our lawgiver;
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the Lord is our king; he will save us.
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23 Your cords hang loose;
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they cannot hold the mast firm in its place
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or keep the sail spread out.
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Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided;
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even the lame will take the prey.
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24 And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”;
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the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. |