63:1 Who is this that is come from Edom,
[with] red garments from Bosor? thus fair in his apparel, with mighty
strength? I speak of righteousness and saving judgment.
63:2 Wherefore are thy garments red, and thy raiment as [if fresh] from a
trodden winepress?
63:3 I am full of trodden [grape], and of the nations there is not a man
with me; and I trampled them in my fury, and dashed them to pieces as earth,
and brought down their blood to the earth.
63:4 For the day of recompence has come upon them, and the year of
redemption is at hand.
63:5 And I looked, and there was no helper; and I observed, and none upheld:
therefore my arm delivered them, and mine anger drew nigh.
63:6 And I trampled them in mine anger, and brought down their blood to the
earth.
63:7 I remembered the mercy of the Lord, the praises of the Lord in all
things wherein he recompenses us. The Lord is a good judge to the house of
Israel; he deals with us according to his mercy, and according to the
abundance of his righteousness.
63:8 And he said, Is it not my people? the children surely will not be
rebellious: and he became to them deliverance
63:9 out of all their affliction: not an ambassador, nor a messenger, but
himself saved them, because he loved them and spared them: he himself
redeemed them, and took them up, and lifted them up all the days of old.
63:10 But they disobeyed, and provoked his Holy Spirit: so he turned to be
an enemy, he himself contended against them.
63:11 Then he remembered the ancient days, [saying], Where is he that
brought up from the sea the shepherd of the sheep? where is he that put his
Holy Spirit in them?
63:12 who led Moses with his right hand, the arm of his glory? he forced the
water [to separate] from before him, to make himself an everlasting name.
63:13 He led them through the deep, as a horse through the wilderness, and
they fainted not,
63:14 and as cattle through a plain: the Spirit came down from the Lord, and
guided them: thus thou leddest thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
63:15 Turn from heaven, and look from thy holy habitation and [from] thy
glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength? where is the abundance of thy
mercy and of thy compassions, that thou hast withholden thyself from us?
63:16 For thou art our Father; for [though] Abraham knew us not, and Israel
did not acknowledge us, yet do thou, O Lord, our Father, deliver us: thy
name has been upon us from the beginning.
63:17 Why hast thou caused us to err, O Lord, from thy way? [and] has
hardened our hearts, that we should not fear thee? Return for thy servants'
sake, for the sake of the tribes of thine inheritance,
63:18 that we may inherit a small part of thy holy mountain.
63:19 We are become as at the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us,
and thy name was not called upon us. |
63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with
dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling
in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to
save.
63:2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that
treadeth in the winefat?
63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none
with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury;
and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my
raiment.
63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed
is come.
63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was
none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my
fury, it upheld me.
63:6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in
my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the
LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great
goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them
according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his
lovingkindnesses.
63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so
he was their Saviour.
63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence
saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them,
and carried them all the days of old.
63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned
to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
63:11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying,
Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his
flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
63:12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm,
dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
63:13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that
they should not stumble?
63:14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused
him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness
and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy
bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and
Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy
name is from everlasting.
63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our
heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine
inheritance.
63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our
adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
63:19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called
by thy name. |