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The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords
unsheathed.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have
digged a pit before me, into the midst
whereof they are fallen themselves.
Selah.
They spread a net for my feet; my soul
was despondent. They
dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it!
SelahThe righteous shall
rejoice when he
seeth the
vengeance: he shall
wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
The righteous will
rejoice when they see they are
avenged; they will
wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Moab is my
washpot; over
Edom will I cast out my
shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
I
cried unto him with my mouth, and he
was extolled with my tongue.
I
cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou
didst march through the wilderness;
Selah:
O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the
wasteland,
SelahThe earth
shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even
Sinai itself
was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
the earth
shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on
Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your
weary inheritance.
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
The Lord gives the command; a great company of women
proclaim it:
When the
Almighty scattered kings in it, it
was white as snow in Salmon.
When the
Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it
was like the snow falling on Zalmon.
The
chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in
Sinai, in the holy place.
The
chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He
was at
Sinai.
When I
wept, and
chastened my soul with fasting, that
was to my reproach.
I
wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
Those who sit at the gate
mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of
heaviness: and I looked for some to take
pity, but there
was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in
despair. I looked for sympathy, but there
was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
For I
was envious at the
foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in
innocence I have
washed my hands.
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
When I tried to understand all this, it
was troublesome in my sight
How are they brought into
desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
When my heart
was grieved and I
was pierced within,
So
foolish was I, and ignorant: I
was as a beast before thee.
I
was senseless and ignorant; I
was a
brute beast before You.
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
Thou
didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and
was still,
From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still
And might not be as their fathers, a
stubborn and
rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart
aright, and whose spirit
was not
stedfast with God.
Then they will not be like their fathers, a
stubborn and
rebellious generation, whose heart
was not
loyal, whose spirit
was not faithful to God.
Therefore the LORD heard this, and
was wroth: so a fire
was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Therefore the LORD heard and
was filled with wrath; so a fire
was kindled against Jacob, and His anger
flared against Israel,
They were not
estranged from their
lust. But while their meat
was yet in their mouths,
Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
And they remembered that God
was their rock, and the high God their
redeemer.
And they remembered that God
was their Rock, that God Most High
was their
Redeemer.
For their heart
was not right with him, neither were they
stedfast in his covenant.
Their hearts were
disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
But he, being full of
compassion,
forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not:
yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not
stir up all his wrath.
And yet He
was compassionate; He
forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not
unleash His full wrath.
On hearing it, God
was furious and rejected Israel completely.
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and
was wroth with his inheritance.
He surrendered His people to the sword because He
was enraged by His
heritage.
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there
was none to
bury them.
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to
bury the dead.
For they have
devoured Jacob, and laid
waste his dwelling place.
The
boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
For this is a statute for Israel, an
ordinance of the God of Jacob.
I will make mention of
Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with
Ethiopia; this man
was born there.
“I will mention
Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and
Cush— when I say, ‘This one
was born in
Zion.’”
And of
Zion it shall be said, This and that man
was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
And it will be said of
Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man
was born there.
Selah.
The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one
was born in
Zion.”
SelahI am
afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
From my youth I
was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in
despair.
Nor for the
pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that
wasteth at
noonday.
Thy throne is established of old: thou art from
everlasting.
Your throne
was established long ago; You are from all
eternity.
Forty years long
was I
grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do
err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
For forty years I
was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go
astray, and they have not known My ways.”
Zion heard, and
was glad; and the daughters of Judah
rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah
exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou
wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest
vengeance of their inventions.
O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a
forgiving God to them, yet an
avenger of their misdeeds.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
Whose feet they
hurt with
fetters: he
was laid in iron:
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes
stumbled.
Egypt
was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
Egypt
was glad when they departed, for the
dread of Israel had fallen on them.
He
rebuked the Red sea also, and it
was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
He
rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
And he gave them their request; but sent
leanness into their soul.
So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
And a fire
was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Then fire
blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
Then stood up
Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague
was stayed.
And that
was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for
evermore.
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of
Canaan: and the land
was polluted with blood.
They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of
Canaan, and the land
was polluted with blood.
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He
abhorred His own inheritance.
They
wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Some
wandered in desert
wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they
stumbled, and there
was no one to help.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to
wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them
wander in a
trackless wasteland.
Moab is my
washpot; over
Edom will I cast out my
shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
The wicked shall see it, and be
grieved; he shall
gnash with his teeth, and
melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
The wicked man will see and be
grieved; he will
gnash his teeth and
waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
What
ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou
wast driven back?
Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of
hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I
was greatly
afflicted:
I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly
afflicted.”
Thou hast thrust
sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
It is good for me that I have been
afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
It
was good for me to be
afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
I
beheld the transgressors, and
was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
I look on the faithless with
loathing because they do not keep Your word.
I
was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
I
was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
when their anger
flared against us, then they would have
swallowed us alive,
Then
was our mouth filled with
laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
Then our mouths were filled with
laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it
was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
For there they that carried us away
captive required of us a song; and they that
wasted us required of us
mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of
Zion.
for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of
Zion.”
My substance
was not
hid from thee, when I
was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
My frame
was not hidden from You when I
was made in secret, when I
was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
When my spirit
was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they
privily laid a
snare for me.
Although my spirit grows
faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a
snare for me.
I looked on my right hand, and
beheld, but there
was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
I am on the
brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
In the
twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
I
was set up from
everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth
was.
From
everlasting I
was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
When there were no
watery depths, I
was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
Then I
was by him, as one brought up with him: and I
was daily his delight,
rejoicing always before him;
Then I
was a skilled
craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day,
rejoicing always in His presence.
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
I
was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
He also that is
slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great
waster.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
The
morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou
vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
You will
vomit up what little you have eaten and
waste your pleasant words.
They have
stricken me, shalt thou say, and I
was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I
awake? I will seek it yet again.
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I
wake up to search for another drink?”
