The Lord in Judgment and Salvation
Who is this who comes from Edom,
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
This One who is glorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength?—
“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
2 Why ais Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?
3 “I have atrodden the winepress alone,
And from the peoples no one was with Me.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.
4 For the aday of vengeance is in My heart,
And the year of My redeemed has come.
5 aI looked, but bthere was no one to help,
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own carm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.
6 I have trodden down the peoples in My anger,
Made them drunk in My fury,
And brought down their strength to the earth.”
God’s Mercy Remembered
7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord
And the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies,
According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.
8 For He said, “Surely they are My people,
Children who will not lie.”
So He became their Savior.
9 aIn all their affliction He was afflicted,
bAnd the Angel of His Presence saved them;
cIn His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And dHe bore them and carried them
All the days of old.
10 But they arebelled and bgrieved His Holy Spirit;
cSo He turned Himself against them as an enemy,
And He fought against them.
11 Then he aremembered the days of old,
Moses and his people, saying:
“Where is He who bbrought them up out of the sea
With the shepherd of His flock?
cWhere is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,
12 Who led them by the right hand of Moses,
aWith His glorious arm,
bDividing the water before them
To make for Himself an everlasting name,
13 aWho led them through the deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
That they might not stumble?”
14 As a beast goes down into the valley,
And the Spirit of the Lord causes him to rest,
So You lead Your people,
aTo make Yourself a glorious name.
A Prayer of Penitence
15 aLook down from heaven,
And see bfrom Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning cof Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?
16 aDoubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham bwas ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
17 O Lord, why have You amade us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.
18 aYour holy people have possessed it but a little while;
bOur adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
19 We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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