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.
02 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in
their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
03 But draw near hither, ye sons of the
sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the
whore.
04 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.
05 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every
green tree, slaying the children in the valleys
under the clifts of the rocks?
06 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?
07 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set
thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer
sacrifice.
08 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.
09 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.
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?
12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy
works; for they shall not profit thee.
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;
14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare
the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the
way of my people.
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.
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.
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.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I
will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him
and to his mourners.
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.
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when
it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and
dirt.
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the
wicked.
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