The Lord’s Day of Vengeance
Who is this who comes from aEdom,
in crimsoned garments from aBozrah,
he who is splendid in his apparel,
bmarching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, speaking in righteousness,
mighty to save.”
2 Why is your aapparel red,
and your garments like his bwho treads in the winepress?
3 a“I have trodden the winepress alone,
band from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood spattered on my garments,
and stained all my apparel.
4 aFor the day of vengeance was in my heart,
and my year of redemption had come.
5 I looked, but athere was no one to help;
I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
and my wrath upheld me.
6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
aI made them drunk in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
The Lord’s Mercy Remembered
7 I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,
the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord has granted us,
aand the great goodness to the house of Israel
that he has granted them according to his compassion,
according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
8 For he said, “Surely they are my people,
children who will not deal falsely.”
And he became their Savior.
9 aIn all their affliction he was afflicted,
and the angel of his presence saved them;
bin his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
che lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
10 aBut they rebelled
band grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
and himself fought against them.
11 Then he remembered athe days of old,
of Moses and his people.
bWhere is he who brought them up out of the sea
with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is he who put in the midst of them
his Holy Spirit,
12 who caused his glorious arm
to go at the right hand of Moses,
awho divided the waters before them
bto make for himself an everlasting name,
13 who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
they did not stumble.
14 Like livestock that go down into the valley,
athe Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
So you led your people,
bto make for yourself a glorious name.
Prayer for Mercy
15 aLook down from heaven and see,
bfrom your holy and beautiful habitation.
Where are cyour zeal and your might?
The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
are held back from me.
16 For ayou are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
bour Redeemer from of old is your name.
17 O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways
and aharden our heart, so that we fear you not?
bReturn for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.
18 aYour holy people held possession for a little while;
bour adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 aWe have become like those over whom you have never ruled,
like those who are not called by your name.