83 lines
3.1 KiB
Markdown
83 lines
3.1 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 57
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1 The righteous man perishes,
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and no one lays it to heart;
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devout men are taken away,
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while no one understands.
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For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
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2 he enters into peace;
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they rest in their beds
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who walk in their uprightness.
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3 But you, draw near,
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sons of the sorceress,
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offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.
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4 Whom are you mocking?
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Against whom do you open your mouth wide
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and stick out your tongue?
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Are you not children of transgression,
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the offspring of deceit,
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5 you who burn with lust among the oaks,
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under every green tree,
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who slaughter your children in the valleys,
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under the clefts of the rocks?
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6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion;
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they, they, are your lot;
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to them you have poured out a drink offering,
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you have brought a grain offering.
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Shall I relent for these things?
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7 On a high and lofty mountain
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you have set your bed,
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and there you went up to offer sacrifice.
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8 Behind the door and the doorpost
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you have set up your memorial;
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for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed,
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you have gone up to it,
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you have made it wide;
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and you have made a covenant for yourself with them,
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you have loved their bed,
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you have looked on nakedness.
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9 You journeyed to the king with oil
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and multiplied your perfumes;
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you sent your envoys far off,
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and sent down even to Sheol.
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10 You were wearied with the length of your way,
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but you did not say, “It is hopeless”;
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you found new life for your strength,
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and so you were not faint.
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11 Whom did you dread and fear,
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so that you lied,
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and did not remember me,
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did not lay it to heart?
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Have I not held my peace, even for a long time,
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and you do not fear me?
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12 I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
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but they will not profit you.
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13 When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you!
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The wind will carry them all off,
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a breath will take them away.
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But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land
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and shall inherit my holy mountain.
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14 And it shall be said,
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“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
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remove every obstruction from my people's way.”
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15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
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who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
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“I dwell in the high and holy place,
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and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
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to revive the spirit of the lowly,
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and to revive the heart of the contrite.
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16 For I will not contend forever,
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nor will I always be angry;
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for the spirit would grow faint before me,
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and the breath of life that I made.
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17 Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry,
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I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
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but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
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18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;
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I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
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19 creating the fruit of the lips.
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Peace, peace, to the far and to the near,” says the Lord,
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“and I will heal him.
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20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea;
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for it cannot be quiet,
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and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
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21 There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.” |