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1. Woe, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed; when wearied with betraying, you will be betrayed.
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1. Woe H1945 to thee that spoilest H7703 , and thou H859 wast not H3808 spoiled H7703 ; and dealest treacherously H898 , and they dealt not treacherously H898 H3808 with thee! when thou shalt cease H8552 to spoil H7703 , thou shalt be spoiled H7703 ; and when thou shalt make an end H5239 to deal treacherously H898 , they shall deal treacherously H898 with thee.
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2. O LORD, have pity on us, for you we wait. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble!
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2. O LORD H3068 , be gracious H2603 unto us ; we have waited H6960 for thee: be H1961 thou their arm H2220 every morning H1242 , our salvation H3444 also H637 in the time H6256 of trouble H6869 .
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3. At the roaring sound, peoples flee; when you rise in your majesty, nations are scattered.
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3. At the noise H4480 H6963 of the tumult H1995 the people H5971 fled H5074 ; at the lifting up H4480 H7427 of thyself the nations H1471 were scattered H5310 .
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4. Men gather spoil as caterpillars are gathered up; they rush upon it like the onrush of locusts.
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4. And your spoil H7998 shall be gathered H622 like the gathering H625 of the caterpillar H2625 : as the running to and fro H4944 of locusts H1357 shall he run H8264 upon them.
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5. The LORD is exalted, enthroned on high; he fills Zion with right and justice.
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5. The LORD H3068 is exalted H7682 ; for H3588 he dwelleth H7931 on high H4791 : he hath filled H4390 Zion H6726 with judgment H4941 and righteousness H6666 .
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6. That which makes her seasons lasting, the riches that save her, are wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is her treasure.
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6. And wisdom H2451 and knowledge H1847 shall be H1961 the stability H530 of thy times H6256 , and strength H2633 of salvation H3444 : the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is his treasure H214 .
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7. See, the men of Ariel cry out in the streets, the messengers of Shalem weep bitterly.
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7. Behold H2005 , their valiant ones H691 shall cry H6817 without H2351 : the ambassadors H4397 of peace H7965 shall weep H1058 bitterly H4751 .
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8. The highways are desolate, travelers have quit the paths, Covenants are broken, their terms are spurned; yet no man gives it a thought.
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8. The highways H4546 lie waste H8074 , the wayfaring man H5674 H734 ceaseth H7673 : he hath broken H6565 the covenant H1285 , he hath despised H3988 the cities H5892 , he regardeth H2803 no H3808 man H582 .
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9. The country languishes in mourning, Lebanon withers with shame; Sharon is like the steppe, Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
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9. The earth H776 mourneth H56 and languisheth H535 : Lebanon H3844 is ashamed H2659 and hewn down H7060 : Sharon H8289 is H1961 like a wilderness H6160 ; and Bashan H1316 and Carmel H3760 shake off H5287 their fruits .
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10. Now will I rise up, says the LORD, now will I be exalted, now be lifted up.
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10. Now H6258 will I rise H6965 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; now H6258 will I be exalted H7311 ; now H6258 will I lift up myself H5375 .
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11. You conceive dry grass, bring forth stubble; my spirit shall consume you like fire.
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11. Ye shall conceive H2029 chaff H2842 , ye shall bring forth H3205 stubble H7179 : your breath H7307 , as fire H784 , shall devour H398 you.
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12. The peoples shall be as in a limekiln, like brushwood cut down for burning in the fire.
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12. And the people H5971 shall be H1961 as the burnings H4955 of lime H7875 : as thorns H6975 cut up H3683 shall they be burned H3341 in the fire H784 .
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13. Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my might.
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13. Hear H8085 , ye that are far off H7350 , what H834 I have done H6213 ; and , ye that are near H7138 , acknowledge H3045 my might H1369 .
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14. On Zion sinners are in dread, trembling grips the impious: "Who of us can live with the consuming fire? who of us can live with the everlasting flames?"
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14. The sinners H2400 in Zion H6726 are afraid H6342 ; fearfulness H7461 hath surprised H270 the hypocrites H2611 . Who H4310 among us shall dwell H1481 with the devouring H398 fire H784 ? who H4310 among us shall dwell H1481 with everlasting H5769 burnings H4168 ?
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15. He who practices virtue and speaks honestly, who spurns what is gained by oppression, Brushing his hands free of contact with a bribe, stopping his ears lest he hear of bloodshed, closing his eyes lest he look on evil--
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15. He that walketh H1980 righteously H6666 , and speaketh H1696 uprightly H4339 ; he that despiseth H3988 the gain H1215 of oppressions H4642 , that shaketh H5287 his hands H3709 from holding H4480 H8551 of bribes H7810 , that stoppeth H331 his ears H241 from hearing H4480 H8085 of blood H1818 , and shutteth H6105 his eyes H5869 from seeing H4480 H7200 evil H7451 ;
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16. He shall dwell on the heights, his stronghold shall be the rocky fastness, his food and drink in steady supply.
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16. He H1931 shall dwell H7931 on high H4791 : his place of defense H4869 shall be the munitions H4679 of rocks H5553 : bread H3899 shall be given H5414 him ; his waters H4325 shall be sure H539 .
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17. Your eyes will see a king in his splendor, they will look upon a vast land.
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17. Thine eyes H5869 shall see H2372 the king H4428 in his beauty H3308 : they shall behold H7200 the land H776 that is very far off H4801 .
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18. Your mind will dwell on the terror: "Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?"
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18. Thine heart H3820 shall meditate H1897 terror H367 . Where H346 is the scribe H5608 ? where H346 is the receiver H8254 ? where H346 is he that counted H5608 H853 the towers H4026 ?
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19. To the people of alien tongue you will look no more, the people of obscure speech, stammering in a language not understood.
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19. Thou shalt not H3808 see H7200 H853 a fierce H3267 people H5971 , a people H5971 of a deeper H6012 speech H8193 than thou canst perceive H4480 H8085 ; of a stammering H3932 tongue H3956 , that thou canst not H369 understand H998 .
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20. Look to Zion, the city of our festivals; let your eyes see Jerusalem as a quiet abode, a tent not to be struck, Whose pegs will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes severed.
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20. Look H2372 upon Zion H6726 , the city H7151 of our solemnities H4150 : thine eyes H5869 shall see H7200 Jerusalem H3389 a quiet H7600 habitation H5116 , a tabernacle H168 that shall not H1077 be taken down H6813 ; not H1077 one of the stakes H3489 thereof shall ever H5331 be removed H5265 , neither H1077 shall any H3605 of the cords H2256 thereof be broken H5423 .
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21. In a place of rivers and wide streams on which no boat is rowed, where no majestic ship passes,
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21. But H3588 H518 there H8033 the glorious H117 LORD H3068 will be unto us a place H4725 of broad rivers H5104 and streams H2975 ; wherein shall go H1980 no H1077 galley H590 with oars H7885 , neither H3808 shall gallant H117 ship H6716 pass H5674 thereby.
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22. Indeed the LORD will be there with us, majestic; yes, the LORD our judge, the LORD our lawgiver, the LORD our king, he it is who will save us.
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22. For H3588 the LORD H3068 is our judge H8199 , the LORD H3068 is our lawgiver H2710 , the LORD H3068 is our king H4428 ; he H1931 will save H3467 us.
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23. The rigging hangs slack; it cannot hold the mast in place, nor keep the sail spread out. Then the blind will divide great spoils and the lame will carry off the loot.
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23. Thy tacklings H2256 are loosed H5203 ; they could not H1077 well H3653 strengthen H2388 their mast H8650 , they could not H1077 spread H6566 the sail H5251 : then H227 is the prey H5706 of a great H4766 spoil H7998 divided H2505 ; the lame H6455 take H962 the prey H957 .
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24. No one who dwells there will say, "I am sick"; the people who live there will be forgiven their guilt.
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24. And the inhabitant H7934 shall not H1077 say H559 , I am sick H2470 : the people H5971 that dwell H3427 therein shall be forgiven H5375 their iniquity H5771 .
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