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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
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Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.
2 LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
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O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.
3 At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter.
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From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.
4 Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
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And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.
5 The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.
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Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.
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And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah -- it [is] His treasure.
7 Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
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Lo, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected.
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Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.
9 The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
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Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
10 “Now will I arise,” says the LORD. “Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up.
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Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.
11 You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you.
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Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! -- fire devoureth you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes; like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
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And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
13 You who are far away, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power!
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Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.
14 The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: “Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
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Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?
15 Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil—
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Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.
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He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.
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A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
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Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?
19 You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
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The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.
20 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.
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See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.
21 There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them.
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But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers -- streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.
22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.
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For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king -- He doth save us.
23 Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
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Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
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Nor doth an inhabitant say, `I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!
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