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1. Listen to me, you who pursue justice, who seek the LORD; Look to the rock from which you were hewn, to the pit from which you were quarried;
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1. Hearken H8085 to H413 me , ye that follow after H7291 righteousness H6664 , ye that seek H1245 the LORD H3068 : look H5027 unto H413 the rock H6697 whence ye are hewn H2672 , and to H413 the hole H4718 of the pit H953 whence ye are digged H5365 .
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2. Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth; When he was but one I called him, I blessed him and made him many.
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2. Look H5027 unto H413 Abraham H85 your father H1 , and unto H413 Sarah H8283 that bore H2342 you: for H3588 I called H7121 him alone H259 , and blessed H1288 him , and increased H7235 him.
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3. Yes, the LORD shall comfort Zion and have pity on all her ruins; Her deserts he shall make like Eden, her wasteland like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness shall be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of song.
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3. For H3588 the LORD H3068 shall comfort H5162 Zion H6726 : he will comfort H5162 all H3605 her waste places H2723 ; and he will make H7760 her wilderness H4057 like Eden H5731 , and her desert H6160 like the garden H1588 of the LORD H3068 ; joy H8342 and gladness H8057 shall be found H4672 therein, thanksgiving H8426 , and the voice H6963 of melody H2172 .
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4. Be attentive to me, my people; my folk, give ear to me. For law shall go forth from my presence, and my judgment, as the light of the peoples.
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4. Hearken H7181 unto H413 me , my people H5971 ; and give ear H238 unto H413 me , O my nation H3816 : for H3588 a law H8451 shall proceed H3318 from H4480 H854 me , and I will make my judgment H4941 to rest H7280 for a light H216 of the people H5971 .
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5. I will make my justice come speedily; my salvation shall go forth (and my arm shall judge the nations); In me shall the coastlands hope, and my arm they shall await.
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5. My righteousness H6664 is near H7138 ; my salvation H3468 is gone forth H3318 , and mine arms H2220 shall judge H8199 the people H5971 ; the isles H339 shall wait H6960 upon H413 me , and on H413 mine arm H2220 shall they trust H3176 .
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6. Raise your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; Though the heavens grow thin like smoke, the earth wears out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies, My salvation shall remain forever and my justice shall never be dismayed.
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6. Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 to the heavens H8064 , and look H5027 upon H413 the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478 : for H3588 the heavens H8064 shall vanish away H4414 like smoke H6227 , and the earth H776 shall wax old H1086 like a garment H899 , and they that dwell H3427 therein shall die H4191 in like manner H3644 H3651 : but my salvation H3444 shall be H1961 forever H5769 , and my righteousness H6666 shall not H3808 be abolished H2865 .
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7. Hear me, you who know justice, you people who have my teaching at heart: Fear not the reproach of men, be not dismayed at their revilings.
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7. Hearken H8085 unto H413 me , ye that know H3045 righteousness H6664 , the people H5971 in whose heart H3820 is my law H8451 ; fear H3372 ye not H408 the reproach H2781 of men H582 , neither H408 be ye afraid H2865 of their revilings H4480 H1421 .
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8. They shall be like a garment eaten by moths, like wool consumed by grubs; But my justice shall remain forever and my salvation, for all generations.
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8. For H3588 the moth H6211 shall eat them up H398 like a garment H899 , and the worm H5580 shall eat H398 them like wool H6785 : but my righteousness H6666 shall be H1961 forever H5769 , and my salvation H3444 from generation H1755 to generation H1755 .
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9. Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the days of old, in ages long ago! Was it not you who crushed Rahab, you who pierced the dragon?
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9. Awake H5782 , awake H5782 , put on H3847 strength H5797 , O arm H2220 of the LORD H3068 ; awake H5782 , as in the ancient H6924 days H3117 , in the generations H1755 of old H5769 . Art thou H859 not H3808 it H1931 that hath cut H2672 Rahab H7293 , and wounded H2490 the dragon H8577 ?
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10. Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, Who made the depths of the sea into a way for the redeemed to pass over?
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10. Art thou H859 not H3808 it H1931 which hath dried H2717 the sea H3220 , the waters H4325 of the great H7227 deep H8415 ; that hath made H7760 the depths H4615 of the sea H3220 a way H1870 for the ransomed H1350 to pass over H5674 ?
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11. Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee.
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11. Therefore the redeemed H6299 of the LORD H3068 shall return H7725 , and come H935 with singing H7440 unto Zion H6726 ; and everlasting H5769 joy H8057 shall be upon H5921 their head H7218 : they shall obtain H5381 gladness H8342 and joy H8057 ; and sorrow H3015 and mourning H585 shall flee away H5127 .
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12. I, it is I who comfort you. Can you then fear mortal man, who is human only, to be looked upon as grass,
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12. I H595 , even I H595 , am he H1931 that comforteth H5162 you: who H4310 art thou H859 , that thou shouldest be afraid H3372 of a man H4480 H582 that shall die H4191 , and of the son H4480 H1121 of man H120 which shall be made H5414 as grass H2682 ;
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13. And forget the LORD, your maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth? All the day you are in constant dread of the fury of the oppressor; But when he sets himself to destroy, what is there of the oppressor's fury?
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13. And forgettest H7911 the LORD H3068 thy maker H6213 , that hath stretched forth H5186 the heavens H8064 , and laid the foundations H3245 of the earth H776 ; and hast feared H6342 continually H8548 every H3605 day H3117 because H4480 H6440 of the fury H2534 of the oppressor H6693 , as H834 if he were ready H3559 to destroy H7843 ? and where H346 is the fury H2534 of the oppressor H6693 ?
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14. The oppressed shall soon be released; they shall not die and go down into the pit, nor shall they want for bread.
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14. The captive exile H6808 hasteneth H4116 that he may be loosed H6605 , and that he should not H3808 die H4191 in the pit H7845 , nor H3808 that his bread H3899 should fail H2637 .
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15. For I am the LORD, your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; the LORD of hosts by name.
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15. But I H595 am the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , that divided H7280 the sea H3220 , whose waves H1530 roared H1993 : The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 .
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16. I have put my words into your mouth and shielded you in the shadow of my hand, I, who stretched out the heavens, who laid the foundations of the earth, who say to Zion: You are my people.
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16. And I have put H7760 my words H1697 in thy mouth H6310 , and I have covered H3680 thee in the shadow H6738 of mine hand H3027 , that I may plant H5193 the heavens H8064 , and lay the foundations H3245 of the earth H776 , and say H559 unto Zion H6726 , Thou H859 art my people H5971 .
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17. Awake, awake! Arise, O Jerusalem, You who drank at the LORD'S hand the cup of his wrath; Who drained to the dregs the bowl of staggering!
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17. Awake H5782 , awake H5782 , stand up H6965 , O Jerusalem H3389 , which H834 hast drunk H8354 at the hand H4480 H3027 of the LORD H3068 H853 the cup H3563 of his fury H2534 ; thou hast drunken H8354 H853 the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of trembling H8653 , and wrung them out H4680 .
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18. She has no one to guide her of all the sons she bore; She has no one to grasp her by the hand, of all the sons she reared!--
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18. There is none H369 to guide H5095 her among all H4480 H3605 the sons H1121 whom she hath brought forth H3205 ; neither H369 is there any that taketh H2388 her by the hand H3027 of all H4480 H3605 the sons H1121 that she hath brought up H1431 .
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19. Your misfortunes are double; who is there to condole with you? Desolation and destruction, famine and sword! Who is there to comfort you?
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19. These H2007 two H8147 things are come H7122 unto thee; who H4310 shall be sorry H5110 for thee? desolation H7701 , and destruction H7667 , and the famine H7458 , and the sword H2719 : by whom H4310 shall I comfort H5162 thee?
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20. Your sons lie helpless at every street corner like antelopes in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
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20. Thy sons H1121 have fainted H5968 , they lie H7901 at the head H7218 of all H3605 the streets H2351 , as a wild bull H8377 in a net H4364 : they are full H4392 of the fury H2534 of the LORD H3068 , the rebuke H1606 of thy God H430 .
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21. But now, hear this, O afflicted one, drunk, but not with wine,
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21. Therefore H3651 hear H8085 now H4994 this H2063 , thou afflicted H6041 , and drunken H7937 , but not H3808 with wine H4480 H3196 :
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22. Thus says the LORD, your Master, your God, who defends his people: See, I am taking from your hand the cup of staggering; The bowl of my wrath you shall no longer drink.
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22. Thus H3541 saith H559 thy Lord H113 the LORD H3068 , and thy God H430 that pleadeth the cause H7378 of his people H5971 , Behold H2009 , I have taken H3947 out of thine hand H4480 H3027 H853 the cup H3563 of trembling H8653 , even H853 the dregs H6907 of the cup H3563 of my fury H2534 ; thou shalt no H3808 more H3254 drink H8354 it again H5750 :
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23. I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, those who ordered you to bow down, that they might walk over you, While you offered your back like the ground, like the street for them to walk on.
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23. But I will put H7760 it into the hand H3027 of them that afflict H3013 thee; which H834 have said H559 to thy soul H5315 , Bow down H7812 , that we may go over H5674 : and thou hast laid H7760 thy body H1460 as the ground H776 , and as the street H2351 , to them that went over H5674 .
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