57:1 See how the just man has perished, and
no one lays [it] to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one
considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.
57:2 His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.
57:3 But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers
and the harlot.
57:4 Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your
mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of
perdition? a lawless seed?
57:5 who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the
valleys among the rocks?
57:6 That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured
forth drink-offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat-offerings. Shall
I not therefore be angry for these things?
57:7 On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou
carriedst up thy meat-offerings:
57:8 and behind the posts of thy door thou didst place thy memorials. Didst
thou think that if thou shouldest depart from me, thou wouldest gain? thou
hast loved those that lay with thee;
57:9 and thou hast multiplied thy whoredom with them, and thou hast
increased the number of them that are far from thee, and hast sent
ambassadors beyond thy borders, and hast been debased even to hell.
57:10 Thou hast wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I
will cease to strengthen myself: for thou has done these things; therefore
thou has not supplicated me.
57:11 Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and has
not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see
thee I pass they by, yet thou hast not feared me.
57:12 And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not
profit thee.
57:13 When thou criest out, let them deliver thee in thine affliction: for
all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry [them] away: but
they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy
mountain.
57:14 And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the
stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.
57:15 Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the
holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving
patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:
57:16 I will not take vengeance on you for ever, neither will I be always
angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all
breath.
57:17 On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and smote him, and
turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful
in his was.
57:18 I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him
true comfort;
57:19 peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh:
and the Lord has said, I will heal them.
57:20 But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not
be able to rest.
57:21 There is no joy to the ungodly, said God. |
57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man
layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that
the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one
walking in his uprightness.
57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the
adulterer and the whore.
57:4 Against whom 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.
57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the
children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
57:6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are
thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a
meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
57:7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither
wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance:
for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou
hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst
their bed where thou sawest it.
57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy
perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself
even unto hell.
57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not,
There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou
wast not grieved.
57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and
hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace
even of old, and thou fearest me not?
57:12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not
profit thee.
57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall
carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust
in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the
stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
57:15 For thus 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.
57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for
the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
57:17 For the 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.
57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and
restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off,
and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose
waters cast up mire and dirt.
57:21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. |