Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Righteous are
You
, O LORD
, when I plead
before
You.
Yet about
Your
judgments
I wish
to
contend
with You
: Why
does
the way of the wicked prosper? Why
do
all the
faithless
live
at ease?
Righteous art
thou
, O Jehovah
, when I contend
with
thee;
yet would
I reason
the
cause
with thee
: wherefore
doth
the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore
are
all they
at ease that
deal
very
treacherously
?
You
planted them, and
they have taken root .
They have
grown
and
produced
fruit .
You
are
ever
on
their lips
, but
far from their hearts
.
Thou
hast
planted them, yea,
they have taken root ;
they grow,
yea,
they
bring
forth
fruit :
thou
art
near
in
their mouth
, and
far from their heart
.
But You
know
me
, O LORD
; You
see
me and test
my heart toward You.
Drag
away
the
wicked
like sheep to
the slaughter and set
them apart
for the day of carnage
.
But thou
, O Jehovah,
knowest
me
; thou
seest
me ,
and triest
my heart toward thee:
pull
them
out
like sheep for
the slaughter ,
and prepare
them for the day of slaughter
.
How long will
the land mourn and the grass
of every
field
be
withered
? Because
of
the evil
of its
residents
, the animals
and
birds
have
been
swept
away
, for
the people
have
said, “
He cannot
see what
our end will
be
. ”
How long shall
the land mourn ,
and the herbs
of the
whole
country
wither
? for
the wickedness
of them
that
dwell
therein
, the beasts
are
consumed
, and
the birds;
because
they
said, He shall
not
see our latter
end.
“
If you
have
raced
with men
on
foot
and they have worn
you
out
, how can
you
compete
with horses? If
you
stumble
in a peaceful
land, how will
you
do in the thickets
of the Jordan?
If thou
hast
run
with the
footmen,
and they have wearied
thee
, then
how canst
thou
contend
with horses? and
though
in a land of
peace
thou
art
secure
, yet
how wilt
thou
do in the pride
of the Jordan?
Even your
brothers—
your
own
father’s
household—
even they have betrayed
you
; even they have cried aloud against
you.
Do
not
trust
them, though they speak well
of
you
.
For
even thy
brethren,
and
the
house
of
thy
father,
even they have dealt
treacherously
with
thee
; even they have cried aloud after
thee:
believe
them not
, though they speak fair
words
unto
thee
.
I have forsaken My house ;
I have abandoned
My inheritance.
I have given the love
of My life
into the hands
of her enemies.
I have forsaken my house ,
I have cast
off
my heritage;
I have given the dearly
beloved
of my soul
into the hand
of her enemies.
My inheritance
has
become to
Me like
a lion in the forest .
She has
roared
against Me; therefore I hate
her.
My heritage
is
become unto
me as
a lion in the forest :
she hath
uttered
her
voice
against me; therefore I have
hated
her.
Is not
My inheritance
to
Me like
a speckled bird of prey with
other
birds of prey circling
against her? Go, gather
all the beasts of the field ;
bring them to devour her
.
Is my heritage
unto
me as
a speckled bird of prey ?
are
the
birds of prey against her round
about
? go ye
, assemble
all the beasts of the field ,
bring them to devour.
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard ;
they have trampled
My plot
of
ground.
They have turned
My pleasant field
into
a desolate wasteland
.
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard ,
they have trodden
my portion
under
foot,
they have made
my pleasant portion
a desolate wilderness
.
They have made it a desolation; desolate
before
Me, it
mourns.
All
the land is laid
waste
, but
no man takes
it to heart.
They have made it a desolation; it
mourneth
unto
me, being
desolate;
the whole
land is made
desolate
, because
no man layeth
it to heart.
Over
all the barren
heights in the wilderness the
destroyers
have
come,
for the sword of the
LORD
devours
from one end of the earth
to the other .
No flesh has
peace.
Destroyers
are
come
upon
all the bare
heights in the wilderness ;
for the sword of Jehovah
devoureth
from the
one end of the land
even
to the other end
of
the
land:
no flesh hath
peace.
They have sown wheat but
harvested
thorns .
They have exhausted
themselves to no
avail.
Bear
the
shame
of your harvest
because of the fierce anger of the
LORD
. ”
They have sown wheat ,
and
have
reaped
thorns ;
they have put
themselves to pain,
and
profit
nothing:
and
ye
shall
be
ashamed
of your fruits,
because of the fierce anger of Jehovah
.
This
is
what
the
LORD
says:
“As
for
all My
evil neighbors who
attack
the inheritance that
I bequeathed
to
My people Israel, I am
about
to
uproot
them from their land, and I
will uproot
the house of Judah from among them.
Thus
saith
Jehovah
against
all mine
evil neighbors ,
that
touch
the inheritance which
I have
caused
my people Israel to
inherit:
behold
, I will
pluck
them up
from off
their land, and will pluck
up
the house of Judah from among them.
But
after I have uprooted
them, I will once
again
have compassion on them and return
each
one
to his inheritance
and to his land.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
after that
I have plucked
them up
, I will return
and
have compassion on them ;
and I
will
bring
them
again,
every
man
to his heritage,
and every
man
to his land.
And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and
swear by My name, saying,
‘
As surely
as
the
LORD
lives’—just
as they once
taught My people to swear by Baal —
then they will
be established
among
My people.
And it
shall
come
to
pass,
if they will diligently learn the ways of my people ,
to
swear by my name, As Jehovah
liveth;
even
as they taught my people to swear by Baal ;
then shall
they be built
up
in
the
midst
of
my people.
But if they will not obey
, then I
will uproot
that nation ;
I
will
uproot
it
and destroy
it, declares
the
LORD
. ”
But if they will not hear
, then will I
pluck
up
that nation ,
plucking
up
and destroying
it, saith
Jehovah
.
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