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1 | The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and
merciful men are taken away, none considering that the
righteous is taken away from the evil to come. |
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2 | He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each
one walking in his uprightness. |
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3 | But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of
the adulterer and the whore. |
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4 | Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a
wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of
transgression, a seed of falsehood. |
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5 | Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree,
slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the
rocks? |
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6 | Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they,
they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink
offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive
comfort in these? |
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7 | Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even
thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. |
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8 | Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy
remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than
me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee
a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest
it. |
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9 | And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase
thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst
debase thyself even unto hell. |
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10 | Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou
not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand;
therefore thou wast not grieved. |
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11 | And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast
lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart?
have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? |
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12 | I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they
shall not profit thee. |
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13 | When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind
shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that
putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall
inherit my holy mountain; |
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14 | And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take
up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. |
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15 | For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy
place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of
the contrite ones. |
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16 | For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always
wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls
which I have made. |
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17 | For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote
him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the
way of his heart. |
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18 | I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also,
and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. |
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19 | I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is
far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will
heal him. |
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20 | But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest,
whose waters cast up mire and dirt. |
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21 | There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. |
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