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3.4 KiB
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74 lines
3.4 KiB
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## The King in His Beauty
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###### 1
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Woe to you, O destroyer, While you were not destroyed; And he who is treacherous, while _others_ did not deal treacherously with him. As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed; As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, _others_ will deal treacherously with you.
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###### 2
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O Yahweh, be gracious to us; we have hoped in You. Be their strength every morning, Our salvation also in the time of distress.
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###### 3
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At the sound of the tumult peoples flee; At the lifting up of Yourself nations scatter.
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###### 4
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Your spoil is gathered _as_ the caterpillar gathers; As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.
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###### 5
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Yahweh is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
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###### 6
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And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; The fear of Yahweh is his treasure.
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###### 7
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Behold, their brave men cry in the streets; The messengers of peace weep bitterly.
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###### 8
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The highways are desolate, the traveler has ceased; He has broken the covenant, he has rejected the cities; He has no regard for man.
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###### 9
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The land mourns _and_ languishes, Lebanon is humiliated _and_ withers; Sharon is like a desert plain, And Bashan and Carmel lose _their foliage_.
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###### 10
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"Now I will be on high," says Yahweh, "Now I will be lifted up, now I will be lifted up.
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###### 11
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You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire.
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###### 12
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The peoples will be burned to lime, Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.
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###### 13
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"You who are far away, hear what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might."
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###### 14
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Sinners in Zion are in dread; Trembling has seized the godless. "Who among us can sojourn with the consuming fire? Who among us can sojourn with continual burning?"
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###### 15
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He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; He who rejects greedy gain of oppression, And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
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###### 16
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He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the strongholds of the cliffs; His bread will be given _him_, His water will be sure.
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###### 17
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Your eyes will behold the King in His beauty; They will see a far-distant land.
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###### 18
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Your heart will meditate on terror: "Where is he who counts? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?"
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###### 19
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You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands.
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###### 20
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Behold Zion, the city of our appointed times; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an abode at ease, A tent which will not be folded; Its stakes will never be pulled up, Nor any of its cords ever be torn apart.
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###### 21
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But there the Mighty _One_, Yahweh, will be for us A place of rivers _and_ wide canals On which no boat with oars will go, And on which no mighty ship will pass--
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###### 22
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For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh is our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king; He will save us--
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###### 23
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Your cords hang slack; They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly, Nor spread out the sail. Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided; The lame will take the plunder.
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###### 24
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And no one who dwells _there_ will say, "I am sick"; The people who inhabit there will be forgiven _their_ iniquity.
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