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Ask a QuestionBook TwoTo the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. As a deer pants for flowing streams,so pants my soul for you, O God.
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;to one who orders his way rightlyI will show the salvation of God!"
They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
As a father shows compassion to his children,so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
As when one plows and breaks up the earth,so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;do no violence to his home;
Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me;I will pay the man back for what he has done."
Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.
The Lord said:Because the daughters of Zion are haughtyand walk with outstretched necks,glancing wantonly with their eyes,mincing along as they go,tinkling with their feet,
The glory of his forest and of his fruitful landthe Lord will destroy, both soul and body,and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
As for the scoundrel - his devices are evil;he plans wicked schemesto ruin the poor with lying words,even when the plea of the needy is right.
Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,and are accounted as the dust on the scales;behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.
You shall seek those who contend with you,but you shall not find them;those who war against youshall be as nothing at all.
if you pour yourself out for the hungryand satisfy the desire of the afflicted,then shall your light rise in the darknessand your gloom be as the noonday.
Their webs will not serve as clothing;men will not cover themselves with what they make.Their works are works of iniquity,and deeds of violence are in their hands.
As a well keeps its water fresh,so she keeps fresh her evil;violence and destruction are heard within her;sickness and wounds are ever before me.
O inhabitant of Lebanon,nested among the cedars,how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,pain as of a woman in labor!"
"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when they shall no longer say, 'As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,'
The Lord has brought it about, and has done as he said. Because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey his voice, this thing has come upon you.
"Flee from the midst of Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as male goats before the flock.