Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Woe to you who destroy, and you weren't destroyed; and deal treacherously, and they didn't deal treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you shall be destroyed; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with you.
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Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.
2 LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
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O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.
3 At the noise of the thunder the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of yourself the nations are scattered.
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From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.
4 Your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathers: as locusts leap shall men leap on it.
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And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.
5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Tziyon with justice and righteousness.
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Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,
6 There shall be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the LORD is your treasure.
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And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah -- it [is] His treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of shalom weep bitterly.
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Lo, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: [the enemy] has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he doesn't regard man.
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Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.
9 The land mourns and languishes; Levanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Karmel shake off [their leaves].
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Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
10 Now will I arise, says the LORD; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.
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Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.
11 You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
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Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! -- fire devoureth you.
12 The peoples shall be as the burning of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
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And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.
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Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.
14 The sinners in Tziyon are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burning?
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Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?
15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil:
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Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
16 He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given [him]; his waters shall be sure.
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He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
17 Your eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall see a land that reaches afar.
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A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.
18 Your heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he who counted, where is he who weighed [the tribute]? where is he who counted the towers?
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Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?
19 You shall not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can not comprehend, of a strange language that you can not understand.
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The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.
20 Look on Tziyon, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see Yerushalayim a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords of it be broken.
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See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.
21 But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
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But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers -- streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.
22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
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For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king -- He doth save us.
23 Your rigging is loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.
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Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.
24 The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people who dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
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Nor doth an inhabitant say, `I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!
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