1The righteous6662 perisheth6, and no man376 layeth7760 it to heart3820: and merciful2617 men582 are taken away622, none considering995 that the righteous6662 is taken away622 from6440 the evil7451 to come.
2He shall enter935 into peace7965: they shall rest5117 in their beds4904, each one walking1980 in his uprightness5228.
3But draw near7126 hither, ye sons1121 of the sorceress6049, the seed2233 of the adulterer5003 and the whore2181.
4Against whom do ye sport6026 yourselves? against whom make ye a wide7337 mouth6310, and draw out748 the tongue3956? are ye not children3206 of transgression6588, a seed2233 of falsehood8267,
5Enflaming2552 yourselves with idols410 under every green7488 tree6086, slaying7819 the children3206 in the valleys5158 under the clifts5585 of the rocks5553?
6Among the smooth2511 stones of the stream5158 is thy portion2506; they, they are thy lot1486: even to them hast thou poured8210 a drink offering5262, thou hast offered5927 a meat offering4503. Should I receive comfort5162 in these?
7Upon a lofty1364 and high5375 mountain2022 hast thou set7760 thy bed4904: even thither wentest thou up5927 to offer2076 sacrifice2077.
8Behind310 the doors1817 also and the posts4201 hast thou set up7760 thy remembrance2146: for thou hast discovered1540 thyself to another than me, and art gone up5927; thou hast enlarged7337 thy bed4904, and made3772 thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst157 their bed4904 where3027 thou sawest2372 it.
9And thou wentest7788 to the king4428 with ointment8081, and didst increase7235 thy perfumes7547, and didst send7971 thy messengers6735 far off7350, and didst debase8213 thyself even unto hell7585.
10Thou art wearied3021 in the greatness7230 of thy way1870; yet saidst559 thou not, There is no hope2976: thou hast found4672 the life2416 of thine hand3027; therefore thou wast not grieved2470.
11And of whom hast thou been afraid1672 or feared3372, that thou hast lied3576, and hast not remembered2142 me, nor laid7760 it to thy heart3820? have not I held my peace2814 even of old5769, and thou fearest3372 me not?
12I will declare5046 thy righteousness6666, and thy works4639; for they shall not profit3276 thee.
13When thou criest2199, let thy companies6899 deliver5337 thee; but the wind7307 shall carry them all away5375; vanity1892 shall take3947 them: but he that putteth his trust2620 in me shall possess5157 the land776, and shall inherit3423 my holy6944 mountain2022;
14And shall say559, Cast ye up5549, cast ye up5549, prepare6437 the way1870, take up7311 the stumblingblock4383 out of the way1870 of my people5971.
15For thus saith559 the high7311 and lofty One5375 that inhabiteth7931 eternity5703, whose name8034 is Holy6918; I dwell7931 in the high4791 and holy6918 place, with him also that is of a contrite1793 and humble8217 spirit7307, to revive2421 the spirit7307 of the humble8217, and to revive2421 the heart3820 of the contrite ones1792.
16For I will not contend7378 for ever5769, neither will I be always5331 wroth7107: for the spirit7307 should fail5848 before6440 me, and the souls5397 which I have made6213.
17For the iniquity5771 of his covetousness1215 was I wroth7107, and smote5221 him: I hid5641 me, and was wroth7107, and he went on3212 frowardly7726 in the way1870 of his heart3820.
18I have seen7200 his ways1870, and will heal7495 him: I will lead5148 him also, and restore7999 comforts5150 unto him and to his mourners57.
19I create1254 the fruit5108 of the lips8193; Peace7965, peace7965 to him that is far off7350, and to him that is near7138, saith559 the LORD3068; and I will heal7495 him.
20But the wicked7563 are like the troubled1644 sea3220, when it cannot3201 rest8252, whose waters4325 cast up1644 mire7516 and dirt2916.
21There is no peace7965, saith559 my God430, to the wicked7563.