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.
He shall enter
into peace:
they shall rest
in their beds,
each one walking
in his uprightness.
But draw near
hither, ye sons
of the sorceress,
the seed
of the adulterer
and the whore.
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,
Enflaming
yourselves with idols
under every green
tree,
slaying
the children
in the valleys
under the clifts
of the rocks?
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?
drink-offering
σπονδὰς
spondas
Upon a lofty
and high
mountain
hast thou set
thy bed:
even thither wentest thou up
to offer
sacrifice.
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.
weight
σταθμῶν
stathmōn
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.
old man
πρέσβεις
presbeis
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.
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?
balk
ἐψεύσω
epseusō
observe by the way
παρορῶ
parorō
I will declare
thy righteousness,
and thy works;
for they shall not profit
thee.
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;
squall descending from above
καταιγίς
kataigis
And shall say,
Cast ye up,
cast ye up,
prepare
the way,
take up
the stumblingblock
out of the way
of my people.
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.
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.
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.
hated
στυγνὸς
stygnos
I have seen
his ways,
and will heal
him: I will lead
him also, and restore
comforts
unto him and to his mourners.
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.
But the wicked
are like the troubled
sea,
when it cannot
rest,
whose waters
cast up
mire
and dirt.
There is no peace,
saith
my God,
to the wicked.
