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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 before the evil.
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1 The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
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2 He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, [each one] that hath walked in his uprightness.
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2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
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3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
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3 "But you--come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
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4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, [and] draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
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4 Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars?
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5 inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
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5 You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags.
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6 Among the smooth [stones] of the torrent is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be comforted myself as to these things?
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6 [The idols] among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; they, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In the light of these things, should I relent?
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7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice.
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7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices.
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8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for apart from me, thou hast uncovered thyself, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and hast made agreement with them; thou lovedst their bed, thou sawest their nakedness.
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8 Behind your doors and your doorposts you have put your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, you climbed into it and opened it wide; you made a pact with those whose beds you love, and you looked on their nakedness.
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9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol.
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9 You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the grave itself !
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10 Thou wast wearied by the multitude of thy ways; [but] thou saidst not, It is of no avail. Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not sick [of it].
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10 You were wearied by all your ways, but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.' You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.
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11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor taken it to heart? Have not I even of long time held my peace, and thou fearest me not?
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11 "Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have been false to me, and have neither remembered me nor pondered this in your hearts? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
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12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.
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12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.
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13 When thou criest, let them that are gathered by thee deliver thee! But a wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall take them; but he that putteth his trust in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain.
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13 When you cry out for help, let your collection [of idols] save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain."
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14 And it shall be said, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.
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14 And it will be said: "Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people."
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15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy [place], and with him 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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15 For this is what the high and lofty One says-- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
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16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
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16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me-- the breath of man that I have created.
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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 backslidingly in the way of his heart.
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17 I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways.
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18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn.
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18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him,
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19 I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him [that is] afar off, and to him [that is] nigh, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
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19 creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them."
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20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
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20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
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21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
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21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
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