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¹ Who is this coming
from Bozrah^[a] in Edom
    with clothes stained red?
Who is this hero marching
    in his glorious uniform?

"It's me, the Lord!
I have won the battle,
    and I can save you!"

² What are those red spots?
Your clothes look stained
    from stomping on grapes.^[b]

³ "I alone stomped the grapes!
    None of the nations helped.
I stomped nations in my anger
and stained my clothes
    with their blood.
⁴ I did this because I wanted
    to take revenge—
the time had come
    to rescue my people.
⁵ No one was there to help me
    or to give support;
my mighty arm won the battle,
    strengthened by my anger.
⁶ In my fury I stomped on nations
    and made them drunk;
their blood poured out
    everywhere on earth."

⁷ I will tell about the kind deeds
the Lord has done.
    They deserve praise!
The Lord has shown mercy
to the people of Israel;
    he has been kind and good.

⁸ The Lord rescued his people,
and said,
"They are mine.
    They won't betray me."
⁹ It troubled the Lord
to see them in trouble,
    and his angel saved them.^[c]
The Lord was truly merciful,
    so he rescued his people.
He took them in his arms
and carried them all those years.

¹⁰ Then the Lord's people
turned against him
and made
    his Holy Spirit sad.
So he became their enemy
    and attacked them.
¹¹ But his people remembered
what had happened
    during the time of Moses.^[d]
Didn't the Lord^[e] bring them
and their leaders
    safely through the sea?
Didn't he^[f] give them
    his Holy Spirit?
¹² The glorious power of the Lord
    marched beside Moses.
The Lord will be praised forever
    for dividing the sea.
¹³ He led his people across
like horses running wild
    without stumbling.
¹⁴ His Spirit gave them rest,
just as cattle find rest
    when led into a valley.^[g]
The name of the Lord was praised
    for doing these things.

¹⁵ Please, Lord, look down
    from your holy and glorious
home in the heavens
    and see what's going on.
Have you lost interest?
    Where is your power?
Show that you care about us^[h]
    and have mercy!
¹⁶ Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob
    have both rejected us.
But you are still our Father;
you have been our protector
    since ancient times.

¹⁷ Why did you make us turn away
    from you, our Lord?
Why did you make us want
    to disobey you?
Please change your mind!
We are your servants,
    your very own people.
¹⁸ For a little while,
    your temple belonged to us;^[i]
and now our enemies
    have torn it down.
¹⁹ We act as though you
had never ruled us
    or called us your people.