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¹ The righteous one perishes, and there is no one who takes^[a] it to heart.
    And men of faithfulness are gathered, while there is no one who understands,
for the righteous is gathered from the presence of wickedness.
²     he enters into peace;
they will rest on their beds,
    walking straight ahead of him.
³ "But^[b] you, come near here, you children of a soothsayer,
    offspring of an adulterer and she who commits fornication.
⁴ At whom do you make fun?
    At whom do you open^[c] your mouth and stick out^[d] your tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
    offspring of deception,
⁵ who burn with lust among the oaks,
    under every leafy tree,
who slaughter children in the valleys,
    under the clefts of the rocks?
⁶ Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley;
    they, they are your lot;
indeed, to them you have poured out a drink offering,
    you have brought a food offering.

⁷ You have set your bed upon a high and lofty mountain;
    indeed, you went up there to slaughter sacrifice.
⁸ And you have set your symbol behind the door and the doorpost;
    for you depart^[e] from me, and you go up;
you make your bed wide, and you make a deal with^[f] them,
    you have loved their bed; you have seen their genitals.^[g]
9 And you climbed down to the king with oil,
    and you made your perfumes numerous,
and you sent your envoys far away,^[h]
    and you sent down deep^[i] to Sheol.
¹⁰ You grow weary by the greatness of your way,
    but you did not say, ‘Despairing!'
You found the renewal^[j] of your strength,^[k]
    therefore you do not grow weak.
¹¹ And of whom were you afraid and feared, that you deceived
    and did not remember me?
    Did you not place it on your heart?
Have I not been silent, even from long ago,
    and so you do not fear me?
¹² I myself will declare your righteousness and your works,
    but^[l] they will not benefit you.
¹³ When you cry,^[m] let your collection deliver you,
    and the wind will carry all of them away;
    a breath will take them away.
But^[n] he who takes refuge in me shall take possession of the land,
    and he shall inherit my holy mountain."^[o]

¹⁴ And one shall say, "Build up, build up! Clear the way!
    Remove the obstacles^[p] from the way of my people!"

"I reside in a high and holy place,
    and with the contrite^[q] and humble of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.^[r]
16 For I will not attack forever,
    and I will not be angry forever,
for the spirit will grow faint before me,
    and the breaths that I myself I have made.
¹⁷ I was angry because of his sin of gain, and I struck him;
    I hid and I was angry, but^[s] he walked apostate, in the ways^[t] of his heart.
¹⁸ I have seen his ways, but^[u] I will heal him;
    and I will lead him and give him and his mourners comfort as a recompense,
¹⁹     creating fruit of lips.
Peace, peace to the far and near," says Yahweh, "and I will heal him.
²⁰ But^[v] the wicked are like the churning sea,
    that is not able to keep quiet,
    and its waters toss up mire and mud.
²¹ There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."