1Woe[H480] is me! for I am as when they have gathered[H625] the summer fruits[H7019], as the grapegleanings[H5955] of the vintage[H1210]: there is no cluster[H811] to eat[H398]: my soul[H5315]desired[H183] the firstripe fruit[H1063].
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The good[H2623]man[H376] is perished[H6] out of the earth[H776]: and there is none upright[H3477] among men[H120]: they all lie in wait[H693] for blood[H1818]; they hunt[H6679] every man[H376] his brother[H251] with a net[H2764].
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That they may do evil[H7451] with both hands[H3709]earnestly[H3190], the prince[H8269]asketh[H7592], and the judge[H8199]asketh[H7592] for a reward[H7966]; and the great[H1419] man, he uttereth[H1696] his mischievous[H1942]desire[H5315]: so they wrap it up[H5686].
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The best[H2896] of them is as a brier[H2312]: the most upright[H3477] is sharper than a thorn hedge[H4534]: the day[H3117] of thy watchmen[H6822] and thy visitation[H6486]cometh[H935]; now shall be their perplexity[H3998].
5Trust[H539] ye not in a friend[H7453], put ye not confidence[H982] in a guide[H441]: keep[H8104] the doors[H6607] of thy mouth[H6310] from her that lieth[H7901] in thy bosom[H2436].
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For the son[H1121]dishonoureth[H5034] the father[H1], the daughter[H1323] riseth up[H6965] against her mother[H517], the daughter[H1323] in law[H3618] against her mother[H517] in law[H2545]; a man's enemies[H341] are the men[H582] of his own house[H1004].
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Therefore I will look[H6822] unto the LORD[H3068]; I will wait[H3176] for the God[H430] of my salvation[H3468]: my God[H430] will hear[H8085] me.
8Rejoice[H8055] not against me, O mine enemy[H341]: when I fall[H5307], I shall arise[H6965]; when I sit[H3427] in darkness[H2822], the LORD[H3068] shall be a light[H216] unto me.
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I will bear[H5375] the indignation[H2197] of the LORD[H3068], because I have sinned[H2398] against him, until he plead[H7378] my cause[H7379], and execute[H6213]judgment[H4941] for me: he will bring me forth[H3318] to the light[H216], and I shall behold[H7200] his righteousness[H6666].
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Then she that is mine enemy[H341] shall see[H7200] it, and shame[H955] shall cover[H3680] her which said[H559] unto me, Where is the LORD[H3068] thy God?[H430] mine eyes[H5869] shall behold[H7200] her: now shall she be trodden down[H4823] as the mire[H2916] of the streets[H2351].
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In the day[H3117] that thy walls[H1447] are to be built[H1129], in that day[H3117] shall the decree[H2706] be far removed[H7368].
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In that day[H3117] also he shall come[H935] even to thee from Assyria[H804], and from the fortified[H4693]cities[H5892], and from the fortress[H4693] even to the river[H5104], and from sea[H3220] to sea[H3220], and from mountain[H2022] to mountain[H2022].
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Notwithstanding the land[H776] shall be desolate[H8077] because of them that dwell[H3427] therein, for the fruit[H6529] of their doings[H4611].
14Feed[H7462] thy people[H5971] with thy rod[H7626], the flock[H6629] of thine heritage[H5159], which dwell[H7931]solitarily[H910] in the wood[H3293], in the midst[H8432] of Carmel[H3760]: let them feed[H7462] in Bashan[H1316] and Gilead[H1568], as in the days[H3117] of old[H5769].
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According to the days[H3117] of thy coming[H3318] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] will I shew[H7200] unto him marvellous[H6381] things.
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The nations[H1471] shall see[H7200] and be confounded[H954] at all their might[H1369]: they shall lay[H7760] their hand[H3027] upon their mouth[H6310], their ears[H241] shall be deaf[H2790].
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They shall lick[H3897] the dust[H6083] like a serpent[H5175], they shall move[H7264] out of their holes[H4526] like worms[H2119] of the earth[H776]: they shall be afraid[H6342] of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], and shall fear[H3372] because of thee.
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Who is a God[H410] like unto thee, that pardoneth[H5375]iniquity[H5771], and passeth by[H5674] the transgression[H6588] of the remnant[H7611] of his heritage?[H5159] he retaineth[H2388] not his anger[H639] for ever[H5703], because he delighteth[H2654] in mercy[H2617].
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He will turn again[H7725], he will have compassion[H7355] upon us; he will subdue[H3533] our iniquities[H5771]; and thou wilt cast[H7993] all their sins[H2403] into the depths[H4688] of the sea[H3220].
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Thou wilt perform[H5414] the truth[H571] to Jacob[H3290], and the mercy[H2617] to Abraham[H85], which thou hast sworn[H7650] unto our fathers[H1] from the days[H3117] of old[H6924].