Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 plead towards
thee,
Only,
judgments do
I speak
with Thee,
Wherefore
did
the way of the wicked prosper? At rest
have
been
all
treacherous
dealers.
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 go
on,
yea,
they
have made
fruit ,
Near
`art'
Thou
in
their mouth
, And
far off
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
.
And
Thou
, O Jehovah,
Thou
hast
known
me ,
Thou
seest
me,
and hast
tried
my heart with
Thee,
Draw
them
away as
sheep to slaughter ,
And separate
them for a
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
. ”
Till
when
doth
the earth
mourn ,
And the herb
of the
whole
field wither
? For
the wickedness
of those
dwelling
in
it
, Consumed
have been beast
and
fowl
, Because
they
said, `
He doth
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 ?
For
--
with footmen
thou
hast
run,
And they weary
thee
, And
how dost
thou
fret
thyself
with horses !
Even
in the
land of
peace
, `In
which'
thou
art
confident
--
And
how dost
thou
in the rising
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 dealt
treacherously
against
thee,
Even they --
they
called
after
thee
fully,
Trust not
in
them, when
they speak to
thee
good
things
.
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 left
Mine
inheritance ,
I have given the 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
inheritance hath
been
to Me as
a lion in a
forest ,
She gave
forth
against Me with
her
voice,
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
.
A
speckled
fowl
`
is '
Mine
inheritance to Me ?
Is
the
fowl
round
about
against her? Come
, assemble,
every
beast
of the field ,
Come
ye
for
food
.
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 did
destroy
My vineyard ,
They have trodden
down
My portion,
They have made
My desirable
portion
Become
a wilderness
--
a
desolation
.
They
have
made it a desolation ;
desolate
before
Me, it
mourns.
All the land is
laid
waste
, but no man
takes
it to heart.
He
hath
made it become
a desolation ,
The
desolation
hath
mourned
unto
Me, Desolated
hath
been
all the land, But there
is
no one
laying
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.
On
all high
places
in the plain
have spoilers
come in
, For the sword of Jehovah
is
consuming,
From the
end of the land
even
unto
the end
of
the
land,
There
is
no peace to
any
flesh
.
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 sowed
wheat ,
and
have
thorns reaped,
They have become
sick
--
they
profit
not,
And
they
have
been
ashamed
of your increases,
Because of the fierceness
of the 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
said
Jehovah
concerning
all my evil neighbours,
who are
striking
against
the inheritance that I caused
my people --
Israel --
to
inherit:
`Lo
, I am plucking
them from off
their ground
, And the house of Judah I
pluck
out
of
their
midst
.
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
hath
been,
after My
plucking
them
out,
I turn
back,
and
have pitied
them, And
I have brought
them back,
Each to his inheritance ,
and each
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
hath
come
to
pass,
If they learn well
the ways of My people ,
To
swear by My name, `Jehovah
liveth
, '
As they taught My people to swear by Baal ,
Then they have
been
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.”
And
if they do
not hearken
, Then I have
plucked
up
that nation ,
Plucking
up
and destroying
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah!'
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