Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James 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 LORD, when I plead with
thee:
yet let
me
talk
with thee
of
thy
judgments
: Wherefore
doth
the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore
are
all they
happy
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 reins
.
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 LORD ,
knowest
me :
thou
hast
seen
me,
and tried
mine
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 every field wither,
for
the wickedness
of them
that
dwell
therein?
the beasts
are
consumed
, and
the birds;
because
they
said, He shall
not
see our last
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
if in the
land of
peace
, wherein
thou
trustedst,
they
wearied
thee,
then
how wilt
thou
do in the swelling
of 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
; yea,
they have called
a
multitude
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 mine
house ,
I have left
mine
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
.
Mine
heritage
is
unto
me as
a lion in the forest ;
it
crieth
out
against me :
therefore have
I hated
it
.
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
.
Mine
heritage
is unto
me as
a speckled bird ,
the
birds round
about
are
against her ;
come
ye
, assemble
all the beasts of the field ,
come
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 pastors
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 desolate, and
being
desolate
it mourneth
unto
me;
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.
The spoilers
are
come
upon
all
high
places
through
the wilderness :
for the sword of the LORD shall
devour
from the
one end of the land
even
to the other end
of
the
land:
no flesh shall
have
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 ,
but shall
reap
thorns :
they have put
themselves to pain,
but
shall
not
profit:
and
they
shall
be
ashamed
of your revenues
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
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
the LORD against
all mine
evil neighbours,
that
touch
the inheritance which
I have
caused
my people Israel to
inherit;
Behold
, I will
pluck
them out
of
their land, and pluck
out
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 out
I will return,
and
have compassion on them ,
and 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, The LORD liveth;
as they taught my people to swear by Baal ;
then shall
they be built
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 obey, I will utterly
pluck
up
and destroy that
nation
, saith
the LORD.
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