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[1]Therighteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and godly men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
[2]Heentereth into peace, they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.
[3]Butdraw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
[4]Againstwhom 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,
[5]Yethat inflame yourselves among the terebinths, under every leafy tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
[6]Amongthe smooth stones of the valley is the portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered meal-offering. Should I pacify Myself for these things?
[7]Upona high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
[8]Andbehind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy symbol; for thou hast uncovered, and art gone up from Me, thou hast enlarged thy bed, and chosen thee of them whose bed thou lovedst, whose hand thou sawest.
[9]Andthou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, even down to the nether-world.
[10]Thouwast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not: 'There is no hope'; thou didst find a renewal of thy strength, therefore thou wast not affected.
[11]Andof whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou wouldest fail? And as for Me, thou hast not remembered Me, nor laid it to thy heart. Have not I held My peace even of long time? Therefore thou fearest Me not.
[12]Iwill declare thy righteousness; thy works also—they shall not profit thee.
[13]Whenthou criest, let them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall bear them off; but he that taketh refuge in Me shall possess the land, and shall inherit My holy mountain.
[14]AndHe will say: cast ye up, cast ye up, clear the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people.
[15]Forthus 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]ForI will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit that enwrappeth itself is from Me, and the souls which I have made.
[17]Forthe 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]Ihave seen his ways, and will heal him; I will lead him also, and requite with comforts him and his mourners.
[19]Peace,peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 that createth the fruit of the lips; and I will heal him.
[20]Butthe wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
[21]Thereis no peace, saith my God concerning the wicked.
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